Bearing capacity of a strip foundation on a sand layer overlying a smooth rigid stratum

✍ Scribed by K. Z. Andrawes; R. R. Al-Omari; W. M. Kirkpatrick

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 466 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-1529
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00452949

✦ Synopsis

The effect of a smooth rigid stratum, located beneath a dense sand layer, on the bearing capacity and settlement of surface and shallow strip footings is investigated using an advanced experimental model. A theoretical analysis is presented for the bearing capacity of surface footings. The results indicate that the bearing capacity reaches a minimum value at a specific sand-layer thickness. Any increase in the layer thickness above this value causes an increase in the bearing capacity up to that corresponding to a continuous media.