Effective soil strength parameters and load capacity of shallow foundations according to various Polish design codes

Seismic Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

The Effect of Spatial Variability and Anisotropy of Soils on Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

Naturally occurred soil deposits inherit heterogeneity and anisotropy in their strength properties. The main purpose of this paper is to model the soil stratum with anisotropy consideration and spatially varying undrained shear strength by using random field theory coupled with finite difference numerical analysis to evaluate their effect on the bearing capacity of the shallow foundations. In t...

Variables Characteristics Effects on Static and Pseudo-Static Reliability-Based Design of near Slope Shallow Foundations

Given the concept of reliability-based design (RBD) and the growing risk management trend in geotechnical engineering, proper understanding and quantification of uncertainties are very important. The complexity of methods and a large volume of calculations of probabilistic design methods are the most critical reasons for civil engineers not to be comfortable using these approaches. In this rese...

Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soils: A Random Forest Based Approach

Determining the ultimate bearing capacity (UBC) is vital for design of shallow foundations. Recently, soft computing methods (i.e. artificial neural networks and support vector machines) have been used for this purpose. In this paper, Random Forest (RF) is utilized as a tree-based ensemble classifier for predicting the UBC of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils. The inputs of model are wi...

A Practical Approach For Computing Soil Bearing Capacity Under Shallow Foundations Using Vibro-Replacement Method

This paper presents a practical approach for designing, erecting, and testing stone columns using the vibro-replacement method to improve soil bearing capacity under shallow foundations (isolated and raft foundations) for any typical building under small or medium loading conditions. Usually, the vibroreplacement method is used in soils with cohesive layers of mixed deposits, loose sand, or bot...