Session 01: Case Histories of Unexpected Behavior and Failure of Shallow, Deep and Other Foundations
Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
13 Aug 2008, 5:15pm - 6:45pm
Abstract
Several Foundations Failures are analyze and a comparative study is made, of the bearing capacity of foundations using the undrained shear strength cu, φu = 0 vs. using the yield shear strength, Sc for saturated normally and over consolidated plastic clays. I bring up the yield shear strength concept in this kind of soil, following the criteria that cohesive clay is a plastic solid and could be expected to exhibit the basic properties of such a material. Finally a criteria is formulated for determination of the bearing capacity of foundations based on the yield shear strength in this kind of soil to keep static equilibrium without experimenting any progressive settlements.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 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
Graterol M., Jaime, "A Review of Foundation Failures on Plastic Clays, Following the Yield Shear Strength Concept of a Plastic Solid in This Kind of Soil" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session_01/1
A Review of Foundation Failures on Plastic Clays, Following the Yield Shear Strength Concept of a Plastic Solid in This Kind of Soil
Arlington, Virginia
Several Foundations Failures are analyze and a comparative study is made, of the bearing capacity of foundations using the undrained shear strength cu, φu = 0 vs. using the yield shear strength, Sc for saturated normally and over consolidated plastic clays. I bring up the yield shear strength concept in this kind of soil, following the criteria that cohesive clay is a plastic solid and could be expected to exhibit the basic properties of such a material. Finally a criteria is formulated for determination of the bearing capacity of foundations based on the yield shear strength in this kind of soil to keep static equilibrium without experimenting any progressive settlements.
