Bearing capacity of Skirt circular footing on sand

Skirts are used to improve the bearing capacity of shallow footings on sandy soil by constraining the soil beneath and containing the plastic flow of soil. They are used as an alternative to deep foundations in soils with low strength at the surface. As there has been available little work studying...

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Main Author: Amr Z. EL Wakil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016813000227