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Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings Resting on Granular Soil Overlying Soft Clay

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In the present research, an analytical method is applied to determine the bearing capacity of strip footing on two layers of soil. Bearing capacity is calculated according to soil resistance beneath the foundation and a virtual retaining wall method. To determine the bearing capacity of the footing in the said method, the active and passive forces on the retaining wall are considered equal along the edges. The active and passive forces of each of the two soil layers are found, and the results are applied to calculate the footing bearing capacity. Among the many advantages of this method are the possibility to determine depth of the rupture surface beneath the footing, and the ability to study the effects of the soil’s second layer on the footing bearing capacity. This study also examines the effects of soil improvement beneath the footing, as well as the depth and width of the compacted area on bearing capacity. A thorough analysis is conducted on soil layer thickness, soil cohesion and friction angle, footing depth and width, the width of the compacted soil beneath the footing, and the depth of underground water. A MATLAB program was used for calculation and deduction. In order to study the effects of various parameters on two layers of soil, results were compared with the bearing capacity of the footing on one soil layer in various situations. The bearing capacity of the footing was then compared with previous experimental methods, and the results obtained were reliable.

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Haghbin, M. Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings Resting on Granular Soil Overlying Soft Clay. Int J Civ Eng 14, 467–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-016-0067-5

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