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Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

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Can any one tell the principle differences between Prandtls's bearing capacity theory and Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory?

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Thank you sro2ck, I had actually never known of Prandtls theory before. Luckily a simple google search taught me that it was different from my home-boy Terzaghi's theory by the simple relationship of...wait noooo...UFO, I am not ready to be abducted...I was just about to explain the difference in soil bearing theories to this young engineer...nooooo...not the probe...anything but the probe...

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Hey FlashSet: FLAME ON!

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Can any one tell the principle differences between Prandtls's bearing capacity theory and Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory?

Dik

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Yes.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

They assume different failure surfaces cant remember what they are.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Here are some links with some general remarks on Prandtl bearing capacity theory (I couldn't find anything more specific as it seems that it has more of an historical interest than anything else).

http://www.civilfoundationengineering.com/overview...

http://books.google.pt/books?id=Lhetuhms4t4C&p...


By the way, it's really impressive how some of you guys are such geniuses, so fantastically good and so above this kind of questions. It is really reassuring to know that Internet technical forums emulate reality so well.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Avscorrileia: This forum is for professional questions. If you come off as a student or ask a question no practising engineer cares about for real work, you're in for trouble including not a small amount not of mockery.

Ask a sensible professional question and these same flamers are some of your most valuable resources. Your call as to what you would like to have happen, just pay attention to the posting rules either way.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

One of the things my mentors taught me a decade ago is to assume that the other guys you're dealing with professionally are competent, whatever their field is. Unless they clearly show that they're total idiots, I'm not mistreating them. The question the OP placed is valid. I never heard of it before and it made me learn some additional things when I looked it up.

This kind of treatment from people who are around here all the time and seem to own the place is getting a bit tedious, you know? And it's not the first time that this happens, especially when the OP is clearly a non-english speaker. Please take into consideration that there are some colleagues on the other side of the world that are doing way more than simple dwellings built with paper and staples, so some of the arrogance displayed around here may be a little out of place.

There. Out of the system.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Paper and staples? I'm lost... I've got buildings in Canada, New Zealand, Kenya, Australia and Vietnam... I can add a number more countries where I've done forensic or restoration works. I'm well aware that there are amazing engineers doing great things all over the world, and being a francophone I assure you I know people speak languages other than English.

I get that we're not always as understanding as we should be, but talk to me after you've had a few dozen threads deleted where you were trying to help and the OP turned out to be a student...

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

Please don't think that my comment was about you or your work. I apologise if it came out like that. The idea was that people outside the USA aren't building only small scale projects with no engineering value as some comments and attitudes around here seem to imply.

RE: Prandtls's bearing capacity theory Vs Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory

I'm Canadian. Lol... No worries; We certainly deserve the reminder to keep to decorum. Look forward to seeing you around...

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