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Bearing Capacity of Eccentrically Loaded
Bearing Capacity of Eccentrically Loaded
Bearing Capacity of Eccentrically Loaded
SHALLOW FOUNDATION
• In fact the applied vertical load places at an eccentricity e away from the centroid
of the foundation.
• The presence of certain amount of eccentricity of loading in the foundation will
apparently induce a moment which will cause the rotation of the foundation.
• Consequently, the overturning of the foundation will reduce the load bearing capacity
and its overall stability as result the failure could occur under this circumstance.
Methodology:
• Study of various conditions, a footing has to satisfy while held in static equilibrium
• Identification of various cases of vertical central load and eccentric load
• Identification of various load and safe bearing capacity cases
• Use of Trial and Error solutions
• Use of charts and tables as prevalent in literature
• Development of data comparison and analysis
CHAPTER 4 THE EXAMPLE OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
A testing apparatus was set up to test foundations subjected to inclined and eccentric
loading. The experiments were performed in medium loose sands only.
A model foundation test rig was set up with a soil tank and a machine for applying
constant rate of vertical displacement.
Output:
CHAPTER 5 THE CONCEPT OF THE THEORETICAL APPROACH
Equivalent area method:
1.Select from a variety of footing including circular, rectangular, strip footing, centric,
eccentric, etc.
2.Evaluate spread footing bearing capacity against a variety of accepted methods.