Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780133411898
Author: Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP

List the three types of bearing capacity failures and explain the differences between them.

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The list of three types of bearing capacity failures and differences between them.

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Three types of bearing capacity failures are:

  1. General shear failure.
  2. Local shear failure.
  3. Punching shear failure.

The differences between them are explained in tabular form below:

    Serial Number General shear failureLocal shear failurePunching shear failure
    1.The continuous, well-defined failure surfaceNot well-defined failure surface, Failure surface is not well defined, no bulging of ground surface adjacent to the foundation
    2.Sudden failure as shown in the load settlement curve.
    Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition), Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP , additional homework tip  1
    Not a sudden failure.Not a sudden failure, failure occurs gradually as depicted in the load-settlement curve.
    3.Dense and stiff clay, incompressible soilRelatively loose and soft soilLose and soft soil, highly compressible soil
    4.Considerable settlementLage settlement occurs
    5.Bulging of failure surfaces at ground occursSlight bulging of soil around footing is observedShearing in vertical direction around the edge of the footing
    3.Tilting of footing occursNo tilting No tilting
    7.Relative density >7000Relative density
    (30007000)
    Relative density <3000

  Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition), Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP , additional homework tip  2Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition), Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP , additional homework tip  3

  Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition), Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP , additional homework tip  4

  Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition), Chapter 7, Problem 7.1QPP , additional homework tip  5

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