UCS and Bearing Capacities of Rock

[ngangey]

Can someone provide me a reference or ideas for typical UCS (unconfined compressive strength) of various type of rock and also the typical bearing capacities of various rock for preliminary assessment.

Thanks

 

[BigH]

There are a number a texts and building codes that give presumptive bearing pressures. See the links below for a start.

http://www.pellsconsulting.com.au/downloads/foundationsOnSandstoneAndShaleInTheSydneyRegion.pdf

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=136895&page=7

 

[ngangey]

thanks bigH..

 

[BigH]

If you have access to MJ Tomlinsons Foundation Design and Construction (edition that started putting in the Eurocode), it has a good section on foundations on rock - he's a practicing engineer - not a professorial type of text writer.

 

[fattdad]

This may be of some help. It's my thesis.

http://home.comcast.net/~fatt-dad/thesis.pdf

f-d

¡papá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!

 

[ngangey]

thanks fattdad