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where
The bearing capacity factor, , may vary from 11 to 19 for normally consolidated clays and
may approach 25 for overconsolidated clay. According to Mayne and Kemper (1988)
and
Based on tests in Greece, Anagnostopoulos et al. (2003) determined
and
These field tests also showed that
(2.52)
and
(2.53)
Mayne and Kemper (1988) provided correlations for preconsolidation pressure ( )
and overconsolidation ratio (OCR) as
(2.54)
sr
c
5 0.243(q
c
)
0.96
c c
MN>m
2


MN>m
2
sr
c
c
u
5 f
c
(for electrical cones)
c
u
5
f
c
1.26
(for mechanical cones)
N
K
5 18.9 (for mechanical cone)
N
K
5 17.2 (for electric cone)
N
K
5 20 (for mechanical cone)
N
K
5 15 (for electric cone)
N
K
N
K
5 bearing capacity factor
s
o
5 total vertical stress
Friction ratio, F
r
(%)
C
o
n
e

p
o
i
n
t

r
e
s
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
,

q
c

(
M
N
/
m
2
)
0
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
2
4
6
8
10
20
40
Sands
Silty
sands
Sandy
silts
and
silts
Clayey
silts
and
silty
clays
Clays
Peat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Figure 2.31 Robertson and Campanellas
correlation (1983) between and the
type of soil (Robertson and Campanella, 1983)
q
c
, F
r
,