Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering has grown out of onshore practice, but
the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last thirty years, driven partly by …

Scale effects of shallow foundation bearing capacity on granular materials were investigated
to further evaluate the trend of decreasing bearing capacity factor, N γ, with increasing …

This paper discusses the use of the method of characteristics (commonly referred to as the
slip-line method) to solve the classic geotechnical bearing capacity problem of a vertically …

Abstract Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering grew out of onshore practice,
but the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last 30 years, driven partly by …

A study has been carried out of the bearing capacity of sand layers overlying clay soils for
the case where the thickness of the sand layer is comparable to the width of a rigid …

Numerical limit analyses are applied to evaluate the self-weight bearing capacity factor for a
rigid surface footing with a smooth or rough interface. To isolate the effect of the self-weight …

The finite element method is used for the determination of the collapse load of a rigid strip
footing placed on a uniform layer of purely frictional soil subjected to inclined and eccentric …

Design of shallow foundations relies on bearing capacity values calculated using
procedures that are based in part on solutions obtained using the method of characteristics …

Thin granular fill layers are routinely used to aid the construction of shallow footings seated
over undrained soft clay foundations and to increase their load capacity. The influence of …

This paper numerically examines the bearing capacity ratio for rough square footings
located at the surface of a homogeneous sandy soil reinforced with a geogrid. The failure …