The bearing reinforcement was developed as a cost-effective earth reinforcement. It is composed of a longitudinal member and transverse members. The longitudinal member is made of a deformed bar, which exhibits a high pullout friction resistance. The transverse members are a set of equal angles, which provide high pullout bearing resistance. The present article studies the influence of the spacing of the transverse members on the pullout mechanism of the bearing reinforcement. The tested soils are coarse-grained soils: well-graded gravel (GW), well-graded sand (SW), crushed rock (GP) and poorly-graded sand (SP), which have different grain size distribution and friction angles. The transverse member interference is classified into three zones. Zone 1 S / B 3.75 is block failure where all transverse members act like a rough block. Zone 2 3.75 S / B 25 is member interference failure. Zone 3 S / B 25 is individual failure.
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