MODEL EXPERIMENTS ON LATERAL RESISTANCE OF FOOTING FOUNDATION ON SAND

In the design of a footing foundation, stability analysis for the lateral load is as important as that for the normal load. In practical design in the present stage, however, lateral resistant forces are rarely taken into consideration. It depends on the fact that the actual resistant forces of a footing foundation have so far not been fully investigated. In order to improve the point, a series of fundamental model experiments were carried out in respect to the front resistance of a footing foundation on sand. It was made clear from these experimetns that the front resistance of a footing nearly equals to Rankine's passive earth pressure, and it needs a certain amount of lateral displacement, which corresponds to the soil strength and the depth of foundation, for this resistance to attain its maximum value.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Muromachi, T
  • Moriyama, S
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 17-19
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Footings; Soil mechanics
• Old TRIS Terms: Footing foundations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 1974 12:00AM