Axial Compression of Footings in Cohesionless Soils. II: Bearing Capacity
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Volume 135, Issue 11
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An extensive database of full-scale field load tests was used to examine the bearing capacity for footings in cohesionless soils. Each load test curve was evaluated consistently to determine the interpreted failure load (i.e., bearing capacity) using the method. This test value then was compared with the theoretical bearing capacity, computed primarily using the basic Vesić model. The comparisons show that, for footing widths , the field results agree very well with the Vesić predictions. However, for , the results indicated a relationship between and the predicted-to-measured bearing capacity ratio. Accordingly, a simple modification was made to the bearing capacity equation, and the resulting predictions are very good.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 135 • Issue 11 • November 2009
Pages: 1575 - 1582
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Received: Feb 7, 2008
Accepted: Apr 28, 2009
Published online: Oct 15, 2009
Published in print: Nov 2009
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