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This study develops an analytical model to determine the settlement of a composite system involving a pavement structure resting on a geosynthetic-reinforced embankment overlying voids. In the model, the pavement structure is postulated as an Euler-Bernoulli beam on a continuous elastic foundation, and the geosynthetic-reinforced embankment is idealized as an Euler-Bernoulli beam spanning voids. The Winkler foundation model is revised to simulate the absence of the voids under the geosynthetic-reinforced layer, and the corresponding equations and solutions for the composite system subjected to uniform loading are derived. The proposed solution is validated against the existing theoretical methods of a dual-beam on a continuous foundation without voids. The results indicate that the existence of underlying voids has a great impact on the settlements of a composite system involving a pavement structure resting on a geosynthetic-reinforced embankment. The proposed analytical model can provide a theoretical insight into a preliminary design of a geosynthetic-reinforced embankment overlying voids.
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SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
ISSN: 0038-0741
Year: 2025
Issue: 1
Volume: 62
Page: 11-19
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