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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-09-01
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Series: | Alexandria Engineering Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016813000227 |