STATIC AND DYNAMIC BEARING TESTS ON A STRIP FOOTING IN SATURATED SAND

Abstract

The report describes the static and dynamic loading of a 12-inch-wide by 18-inch-deep by 6-foot-long rigid footing, representing the strip footing of a subsurface shelter. Boundary conditions simulated those of a torsionally restrained footing of a flexible arch structure with simulated overburden of 20 feet at one side of the footing. Saturated and partially saturated sand was the test soil. Several soil void ratios were employed, and the effect on the relationship between load and displacement of the footing caused by soil saturation at void ratios higher than the critical void ratio was demonstrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654712

Entities

People

  • Charles R. White

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Engineering
  • Groundwater
  • Instrumentation
  • Load Cells
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Pore Pressure
  • Saturated Soils
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Stresses

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.