Evaluation of Bearing Capacity from Field and Laboratory Tests | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 3, February 2009, Pages 445-453 PDF (191.03 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.27.3.4 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Azad Abbas Ahmad; Qasim Abdulkarem JassimAl-Obaidi; Ali Abdulkadhim Jasim Al-Shamcy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this work, the comparison between the values of bearing capacity of soil determined by two different methods, the first method is field plate load test and the second method is several laboratory tests. The study find out that the allowable bearing capacity estimated from the first method widely near from its value computed by second method. Also this study confirm the probability of using Plate load test for estimating soil bearing capacity for small jobs and shallow layer depth to avoid using comprehensive soil investigation and economizing both cost and time. Empirical relation ship for bearing capacity estimation achieved from the results of the two methods by using stiff brown silty clay soil at Erbil governorate - north of Iraq. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| bearing capacity; Plate load test; Modulus of subgrade reaction; Unconfined Compression Test; soil settlement | ||
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