Bearing capacity of rectangular footings in uniform clay with deep embedment. (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Jun; Li, Mingzhi; Hu, Yuxia; Han, Congcong
• Is Part Of: Computers and geotechnics. Volume 86(2017)
• Page Start: 209
• Page End: 218
• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: Bearing capacity factor -- Clay -- Depth factor -- Footing -- Shape factor; Engineering geology -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Soil mechanics -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Rock mechanics -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 624.1510285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.01.019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-352X

Abstract

Abstract: This letter is concerned with the undrained bearing capacity of rectangular footings with various aspect ratios and embedment ratios in uniform clay. It covers thin plate foundations with low aspect ratios and high embedment depth with embedment ratio up to 150. The work is based on small strain finite element analysis (FEA). After verification of the FEA model against existing solutions of the bearing capacity factors of rectangular footings, a series of FEA results are obtained. Based on the FEA results, a simple formulation is proposed to calculate the bearing capacity factor for rectangle footing with different aspect ratio in any embedment depth, extending the existing solutions to cover a wider ranges of footing aspect ratios and embedment ratios.