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Bearing Capacity of Shallow
Footings for Non-Geotechnical Engineers
Richard Weber, P.E.
Overview
This course is intended for a wide range audience
and in particular, the non-geotechnical engineer. The objective of the
course is to discuss the bearing capacity of shall spread footings and
illustrate how this value is derived. In this course, you will learn that
the allowable bearing capacity of the soil is not only dependent upon the
ability of the soil to carry the load, but also upon the magnitude of settlement
that the soil might experience due to the load.
The course discusses some common methods of
bearing capacity analysis, although it is not an exhaustive review. The
course also discusses methods of calculating settlement and presents one example
for illustration. When this course has been completed, the student will be
familiar with methods used by the geotechnical engineer to assign allowable soil
bearing capacity.
The student must take a
multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen questions at the end of this course
to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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The
definition of a shallow spread footing and their applications.
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Types
of explorations and how they are used to obtain engineering values of soils,
including SPT's, CPT's and test pit excavations.
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Modes of soil failure,
including general shear failure, local shear failure and punching shear
failure.
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Calculation of bearing
capacity for shallow footings, including modifications for shape factors and
groundwater level.
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Components of shallow
footing settlement, including immediate settlement and consolidation
settlement.
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Calculation of settlement
of footings underlain by sand and clay.
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Drainage and calculation
of time rate of settlement.
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The relative merits of
deterministic vs. probabilistic analysis.
Course
Click on the following PDF attachment to review
the course "Bearing Capacity of Shallow Footings" prior to taking a
quiz for credit.
"Bearing Capacity
for Non-Geotechnical Engineers" (167 KB)
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