Alternative Title
Paper No. 1.21
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
This paper presents the results of footing load tests conducted on compacted sand beds to evaluate the bearing capacity and load-displacement characteristics of shallow foundations. Tests were conducted on square concrete footings with widths of 0.30, 0.61, 0.91, and 1.22 m and with embedment ratios (D/B) of 0, 0.5, and 1.0 to investigate the influence of footing size and embedment on the load-displacement behavior and ultimate bearing capacity. A description of the soil and test procedures used is given and the results of the footing load tests are presented. A discussion of the definition of ultimate bearing capacity and the use of normalized curves to describe the footing behavior is presented. A simple model is presented that may prove useful for the design of shallow foundations on sands.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Lutenegger, Alan J. and Adams, Michael T., "Bearing Capacity of Footings on Compacted Sand" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 36.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session01/36
Bearing Capacity of Footings on Compacted Sand
St. Louis, Missouri
This paper presents the results of footing load tests conducted on compacted sand beds to evaluate the bearing capacity and load-displacement characteristics of shallow foundations. Tests were conducted on square concrete footings with widths of 0.30, 0.61, 0.91, and 1.22 m and with embedment ratios (D/B) of 0, 0.5, and 1.0 to investigate the influence of footing size and embedment on the load-displacement behavior and ultimate bearing capacity. A description of the soil and test procedures used is given and the results of the footing load tests are presented. A discussion of the definition of ultimate bearing capacity and the use of normalized curves to describe the footing behavior is presented. A simple model is presented that may prove useful for the design of shallow foundations on sands.
