ring Capacity

,ornentals of
F6L;tecroical Engineering C
hapter 09 — Bea

3BE ARING CAPACITY ANALYSIS of Soils 287

c a p acity analysis is the meth i
.n, cap i , . 0( used to d etermine the ability of the
Iwo bsupport the rc.quiied load in a safe manner without . . i-t lion
° ,
soil to, a, from objectionable settlenlent. The ultimate bearinggc;sacL; (:/ i) is
rotilt'b that pressure causing a Shear f - •1
tjeflil
..
tidlrise
d as
eateehave
lyShear
below. and ..
, .d. adjacent , r ai
to the footing. ure of the supporting soil lying
oaliih,.,,ral been identified
Failure: :
a continuous failureGenerally three modes
surface develops of the
between
GO" the footing and the ground surface. This type of failure is
e1 . d g e • of
cterized by heaving at the ground surface This
by tiltin g of
hara_
c
f o oting It occurs in soil of low compressibility such as dense sand or
the fo,o
stiff clay

Figure 09.2 — General shear failure

Local Shear Failure: a condition where significant compression of the soil

occurs but only slight heave occurs at the ground surface. Tilting of the
foundation is not expected This type of failure occurs in highly
compressible soil and the ultimate bearing capacity is not well defined_

Figure 09.3 — Local shear failure