Determination of bearing capacity of shallow foundations without using superposition approximation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 450-459

  Zhu, D Y ^a   Lee, C F ^b   Law, K T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical slip field; Shallow foundation; Strip footing; Ultimate bearing capacity

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FOUNDATIONS; MODIFICATION;

SHALLOW FOOTINGS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOUNDATION;

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING; FOUNDATION;

EID: 0038419524     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-105     Document Type: Article

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