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Vesic Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation
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vulcanhammer
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Information on the use of Vesic's formula can be found here:
AASHTO, with exceptions, has adopted Vesic's bearing capacity method. It's interesting to note, however, that when the USACOE wrote its program CBEAR, they adopted Meyerhof's method as the more conservative one:
AASHTO, with exceptions, has adopted Vesic's bearing capacity method. It's interesting to note, however, that when the USACOE wrote its program CBEAR, they adopted Meyerhof's method as the more conservative one:
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