Effect of footing width on bearing capacity factor Nγ for smooth strip footings

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1299-1310

  Kumar, Jyant ^a   Khatri, V N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Failures; Footings; Foundations; Limit analysis; Numerical analysis; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL);

BEARING CAPACITY FACTOR; FAILURES; FOOTINGS; FOUNDATIONS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRINCIPAL STRESSES; SOIL FRICTION ANGLE;

WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 50149085089     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:9(1299)     Document Type: Article

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