The bearing capacity of building foundations /
The Bearing Capacity of Building Foundations
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch Czech |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York :
Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Elsevier/North-Holland,
1978
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| Series: | Developments in geotechnical engineering ;
21 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front cover; The Bearing Capacity of Building Foundations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Symbols used; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. SETTLEMENT OF FOUNDATIONS; 1.1 Vertical stress in soil due to its weight; 1.2 Compressibility of soil; 1.3 Calculation of total settlement using compressibility coefficient C; 1.4 Calculation of total settlement using deformation moduli E0 and M0; 1.5 Influence of a vertical moment in the foundation line on the inclination of the foundation; 1.6 Time-settlement curve; 1.7 Settlement caused by soil shrinkage. Bulking and subsidence of soil
- CHAPTER 2. BEARING CAPACITY OF FOUNDATIONS2.1 Shearing resistance of soils; 2.2 Friction between soil and structure; 2.3 Bearing capacity of foundations-homogeneous foundation soil; 2.4 Influence of adjacent foundation; 2.5 Influence of foundation cross section; 2.6 Influence of surface slope adjoining foundation; 2.7 Foundation loaded by horizontal force; 2.8 Bearing capacity of a foundation on a layered subgrade; CHAPTER 3. PERMISSIBLE LOADS ON FOUNDATIONS; 3.1 Permissible values of settlement and settlement differences; 3.2 Safety factor against the sinking of a foundation
- CHAPTER 4. STRESS IN SOIL BENEATH BUILDING FOUNDATIONS4.1 Distribution of loads in the foundation line; 4.2 Stress in the subgrade of foundations; TABLES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX