BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT OF FOUNDATIONS ON COHESIONLESS SOILS

COHESIONLESS SOILS SUCH AS SANDS AND GRAVELS TEND TO EXPERIENCE ELASTIC AND CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE APPLICATION OF A FOUNDATION LOAD. THIS ARTICLE SHOWS HOW SETTLEMENT PREDICTIONS CAN BE MADE FOR SUCH SOILS. PREDICTIONS ARE BASED ON IN-SITU TEST RESULTS. TWO MAIN TYPES OF TEST ARE APPLICABLE: THE PLATE AND THE PENETRATION TEST. /RRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 36, No 1706, PP 43-45, 3 FIG, 10 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Embankment Press Limited

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  Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7TQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • SMITH, G N
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Highways and Public Works
  • Publisher: D.R. Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-6168

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Consolidation; Elasticity (Mechanics); Foundations; Granular soils; Gravel; Plate bearing test; Sand; Soil penetration test; Soils; Subsidence (Geology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil consolidation
• Old TRIS Terms: Foundation problems; Soil bearing capacity
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229317
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1970 12:00AM