Complete limiting stress solutions for the bearing capacity of strip footings on a Mohr-Coulomb soil

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 607-612

  Smith, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Footings; Limit state design analysis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; FOOTING;

EID: 27744561849     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.8.607     Document Type: Article

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