Oct 5, 2015 #1 GASHAW15 Geotechnical Joined Oct 5, 2015 Messages 1 Location KW How do you ascertain, on the basis of load settlement curve, whether a foundation soil is likely to fail in local or general shear failure?
How do you ascertain, on the basis of load settlement curve, whether a foundation soil is likely to fail in local or general shear failure?
Oct 7, 2015 #2 oldestguy Geotechnical Joined Jun 6, 2006 Messages 5,183 Location US Using a plate load test? Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 10, 2015 #3 BigH Geotechnical Joined Dec 1, 2002 Messages 6,012 Location TJ See Conduto's Foundation Design book, 2nd Edition. Discusses this with graphics (your load-settlement curve) in Chapter Section 6.1. Upvote 0 Downvote
See Conduto's Foundation Design book, 2nd Edition. Discusses this with graphics (your load-settlement curve) in Chapter Section 6.1.