Sir Francis Beaufort and the co-ordination of British scientific activity, 1829-55.

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A field investigation of vertical footing response on sand

This paper presents the results from an experimental programme that studied the factors affecting the bearing resistance of shallow footings in sand. In particular, the tests considered the effects of the footing width and embedment depth on the pressure-settlement response. By comparing the results with field tests on full-scale footings, simple correlations between the bearing pressure mobilised at normalised settlement levels of 5% and 10% of the footing width and the Cone Penetration Test qc value were studied. These correlations were found to be independent of footing size, embedment depth and sand state, although they were affected by creep. The rate of mobilisation of the footing resistance at low settlements was found to be strongly dependent on the initial soil state and the previous loading history. A simple nonlinear elastic soil model was found to adequately predict this response.Other funderJournal websitehttp://www.geotechnicaljournal.comSustainable Energy IrelandAertech LtdPublisher requires the journal URL to appear on the record: http://www.geotechnicaljournal.com - AV 10/8/2010 ke, jo - AL 26/08/1