BEARING CAPACITY OF ANISOTROPIC AND NONHOMOGENEOUS CLAYS UNDER LONG FOOTINGS

There is experimental evidence that saturated clays in undrained conditions have depth-dependent anisotropic strength properties. Hence there is a need for an appropriate strength law to determine the failure field for the medium in question. The critical bearing capacity of a footing in this medium was determined by a modified version of Hill's failure mechanism. According to this, in a nonhomogeneous medium where strength increases depth, failure takes place closer to the surface than it does according to Prandtl's mechanism. Anisotropy and nonhomogeneity must be taken into consideration in general.

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• Authors:
  • Livneh, Moshe
  • GREENSTEIN, J
• Conference:
  • 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-1-21 to 1974-1-25
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 69-76
• Monograph Title: SOIL MECHANICS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 510
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anisotropy; Bearing capacity; Clay; Depth; Failure; Footings; Heterogeneity; Homogeneity; Samples; Strength of materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Anisotropy; Failure condition
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081324
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023548
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM