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A method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity of shallow foundations

A method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity of shallow foundations
A method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity of shallow foundations

The effect of consolidation on the undrained bearing capacity of both rough and smooth strip and circular surface foundations is investigated, examining the influence of the magnitude and duration of an applied preload and the initial over-consolidation ratio of the deposit. The investigation comprised small strain finite-element analysis, with the soil response represented by Modified Cam Clay. The results are distilled into dimensionless and generalised forms, from which simple trends emerge. Based on these results, a simple method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity is proposed.

Bearing capacity, Consolidation, Settlement
0016-8505
215-225
Gourvenec, S. M.
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Vulpe, C.
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Gourvenec, S. M., Vulpe, C. and Murthy, T. G. (2014) A method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Geotechnique, 64 (3), 215-225. (doi:10.1680/geot.13.P.101).

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The effect of consolidation on the undrained bearing capacity of both rough and smooth strip and circular surface foundations is investigated, examining the influence of the magnitude and duration of an applied preload and the initial over-consolidation ratio of the deposit. The investigation comprised small strain finite-element analysis, with the soil response represented by Modified Cam Clay. The results are distilled into dimensionless and generalised forms, from which simple trends emerge. Based on these results, a simple method for predicting the consolidated undrained bearing capacity is proposed.

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2014 Geotechnique 64_3_215-225 Gourvenec et al. - Accepted Manuscript
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e-pub ahead of print date: 2014
Published date: 2014
Keywords: Bearing capacity, Consolidation, Settlement

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Local EPrints ID: 414531
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414531
DOI: doi:10.1680/geot.13.P.101
ISSN: 0016-8505
PURE UUID: fa02d221-9b62-4ee5-94ec-5ed3438720ee
ORCID for S. M. Gourvenec: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-7914

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Date deposited: 03 Oct 2017 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:31

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Author: S. M. Gourvenec ORCID iD
Author: C. Vulpe
Author: T. G. Murthy

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