AN ANALYSIS OF FIELD LOAD BEARING TESTS USING PLATES

THE RESULTS OF FIELD PLATE LOAD BEARING TEST ARE ANALYZED, INCLUDING: (1) REACTIONS OF THE MATERIALS UNDER THE TESTING PLATE, (2) REACTIONS OF THE SURFACE ADJACENT TO THE TESTING PLATE, AND (3) THE STRENGTH IMPARTING POWER OF SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS AND VARIATION OF LOAD BEARING VALUE WITH SIZE OF TESTING PLATE. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT DESIGNING BY FORMULA IS DIFFICULT SINCE ANY FORMULA MUST INDICATE THE FACTORS OF VARIATIONS IN RATE OF LOAD BEARING VALUE INCREASE PER INCH OF SUPER-IMPOSED LAYERS AND VARIATIONS IN RELATION OF LOAD BEARING VALUE TO SIZE OF PLATE. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 24, pp 87-104, 27 FIG, 4 TAB, 7 REF, 1 APP. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Campen, W H
  • Smith, J R
  • Kersten, M S
  • Herner, R C
  • Goldbeck, A T
• Publication Date: 1945

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board (Unassembled)
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 24
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Field tests; Load tests; Plate bearing test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00233070
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 13 1971 12:00AM