Bearing capacity analysis using the method of characteristics

• Main Authors: Zhao, Zhiye, Sun, Jian-Ping, Cheng, Yi-Pik
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99482; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17389
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using the method of characteristics, the bearing capacity for a strip footing is analyzed. The method of characteristics leads to an exact true limit load when the calculations of the three terms in the bearing capacity formula are consistent with one collapse mechanism and the soil satisfies the as...