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FOUNDATIONS
Bearing Capacity and Settlement
SHALLOW
FOUNDATIONS
Bearing Capacity and Settlement
Braja M. Das
CRC Press
Boca Raton London New
York Washington, D.C.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Shallow FoundationsGeneral
1.2 Types of Failure in Soil at Ultimate Load
1.3 Settlement at Ultimate Load
1.4 Ultimate and Allowable Bearing Capacities
References
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
6.2
SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON
REINFORCED SOIL
7.1 Introduction
FOUNDATIONS ON METALLIC STRIP-REINFORCED
GRANULAR SOIL
7.2 Failure Mode
7.3 Force in Reinforcement Ties
7.4 Factor of Safety Against Tie Breaking
and Tie Pullout
7.5 Design Procedure for a Continuous Foundation
FOUNDATIONS ON GEOTEXTILE-REINFORCED SOIL
7.6 Laboratory Model Test Results
7.7 Comments on Geotextile Reinforcement
FOUNDATIONS ON GEOGRID-REINFORCED SOIL
7.8 General Parameters
7.9 Relationships for Critical Nondimensional
Parameters for Foundations on GeogridReinforced Sand
7.10 Relationship Between BCRu and BCRs in Sand
7.11 Critical Nondimensional Parameters for
Foundations on Geogrid-Reinforced Clay
(! = 0 condition)
7.12 Bearing Capacity Theory
7.13 Settlement of Foundations on GeogridReinforced Soil Due to Cyclic Loading
7.14 Settlement Due to Impact Loading
References
EIGHT
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
Theory of Vesic
Saeedys Theory
Discussion of Various Theories
Effect of Backfill on Uplift Capacity
FOUNDATIONS IN SATURATED CLAY
(! = 0 CONDITION)
8.8 Ultimate Uplift CapacityGeneral
8.9 Vesics Theory
8.10 Meyerhofs Theory
8.11 Modifications to Meyerhofs Theory
8.12 Factor of Safety
References
APPENDIX
Conversion Factors