The College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad witnessed the public discussion of the master’s student (Sajjad Kamel Khalaf) from the Civil Engineering Department on his thesis entitled (Performance of Skirted Foundation on Sandy Soil) on Wednesday, 27/11/2024, in Dr. Khaled Shaker Hall. Under the supervision of (Prof. Dr. Bushra S. Zbar)
The research aims to study the behavior of flexible or rigid skirted foundations on loose sandy soil under the conditions of eccentricity and inclination loading. The flexible skirted foundations were taken into two classes : the multiple loosely skirted foundations and the loosely skirted foundations with and without reinforcement layers.
The results showed that the best results can be obtained from rigid , multiple cylinders and loosely skirted foundations respectively
Accordingly, the research came out with a set of recommendations, including studying the performance of flexible skirted foundations for different relative densities of soil, different diameters of foundation, near sand slope and with the existence of low cost filling materials
After scientific discussion by the respected members of the discussion committees and listening to the researcher’s defense, the researcher obtained a master’s degree in civil engineering /Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering with a grade of (Excellent).
