Elastic Settlement under Eccentrically Loaded Rectangular Surface Footings on Sand Deposits

This paper presents the practical elastic settlement formulae for the eccentrically loaded surface footings resting upon an elastic mass. The presented closed-form solutions can be readily implemented into the practice allowing efficient and accurate prediction of elastic settlement under the rectangular footing which is subjected to the biaxial bending. The presented solutions are determined by evaluating the integration of strain expressions based on the Boussinesq stress equations. The common assumption of linear contact pressure in footing-soil interface is adopted for the solutions. The presented formulae are validated to be used for the settlement under any point of linear full-contact loading and their applicability to the current design process is demonstrated. The solutions are also developed for the theoretical cases where the location of incompressible soil layer is infinitely deep. The simplified influence factors are presented graphically and the numerical examples are provided for their practical use. In this respect, the paper represents a significant step forward in understanding of elastic settlement, rotation, and differential elastic settlement under eccentrically loaded footings.

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• Authors:
  • Algin, Halil Murat
• Publication Date: 2009-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Illustrations; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1499-1508
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 135
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biaxial stress; Eccentricity; Elasticity (Mechanics); Footings; Mathematical methods; Mathematical prediction; Numerical analysis; Sand; Settlement (Structures)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contact pressure; Eccentric loads; Rectangular footings
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01146004
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 2009 3:00PM