Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volume 46, Issue 31928 |
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... perimeter . The position of the bearing plate after the test is indicated by dotted lines , as is the pushing up of the soil adjacent to the plate . A large portion of the settlement of the plate is due to the upward movement of the ...
... perimeter . The position of the bearing plate after the test is indicated by dotted lines , as is the pushing up of the soil adjacent to the plate . A large portion of the settlement of the plate is due to the upward movement of the ...
Page 36
failure around the perimeter first takes place at a much smaller bearing pressure due to a lack of cohesive strength ... perimeter of the bearing area progresses , the soil structure adjacent to the plate is broken down and flow com ...
failure around the perimeter first takes place at a much smaller bearing pressure due to a lack of cohesive strength ... perimeter of the bearing area progresses , the soil structure adjacent to the plate is broken down and flow com ...
Page 37
... perimeter was very small and the phenomena of the pressure bulb appeared at once . The fluid characteristics of this soil makes it relatively incompressible . If this material could be effectively confined , its bearing capacity would ...
... perimeter was very small and the phenomena of the pressure bulb appeared at once . The fluid characteristics of this soil makes it relatively incompressible . If this material could be effectively confined , its bearing capacity would ...
Page 38
... perimeter of the pressure bulb is the walls of the container . The differ- ence between steel and water is that the steel in itself has the confining influence as great cohesive strength and practically no fluidity , while the water has ...
... perimeter of the pressure bulb is the walls of the container . The differ- ence between steel and water is that the steel in itself has the confining influence as great cohesive strength and practically no fluidity , while the water has ...
Page 40
... perimeter of the plate varies as the first power of the lateral dimension multiplied by a constant . As the ratio of perimeter to area decreases , the larger the area , and the bearing capacity also decreases with the increases of area ...
... perimeter of the plate varies as the first power of the lateral dimension multiplied by a constant . As the ratio of perimeter to area decreases , the larger the area , and the bearing capacity also decreases with the increases of area ...
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