SAND PROPERTIES GOVERNING FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

The aim of this paper is to find which aspect of sand behaviour governs the settlement of footings on natural sand deposits. Settlement observations are compared with the predictions of different soil models. The most suitable model for the behaviour of larger footings on sand proved to be a half-space whose modulus increases with the square root of depth. With this model some results of practical interest are calculated: effect of footing breadth and side ratio, settlement outside loaded footings, and thickness of the soil layer contributing to the settlement of the footing. For actual settlement estimation, penetration test data are used. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Holzloehner, U
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 507-510
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Footings; Forecasting; Foundations; Mathematical models; Sand; Soil penetration test; Structural settlement
• Old TRIS Terms: Foundations (Structures)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466237
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM