Undrained limit states of shallow foundations acting in consort

Susan Gourvenec, M. Steinepreis

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    Abstract

    There is no established procedure for the calculation of bearing capacity of a shallow foundation system comprising cojoined footings. Ad hoc approaches are relied on and may simply involve summing the ultimate limit states of the individual footings as if they acted independently; neglecting additional capacity of the system available from the kinematic constraint provided by the structural connection between the footings. In this study, the undrained capacity under general loading of rigidly connected two-footing systems at various separations has been investigated with finite-element analyses. Results are presented in terms of ultimate limit states under pure vertical (V), horizontal (H), and moment (M) loading, and failure envelopes defining limiting load states under combined VH, VM, HM, and VHM loads. Kinematic failure mechanisms observed in the finite-element analyses are presented and in cases used to provide the basis for upper bound solutions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)194-205
    JournalThe International Journal of Geomechanics
    Volume7
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

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