Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Two-layer K3C <{#r
Clay Soil by Finite Element Method \e_O4
Ming Zhu XW9!p.*.U
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor _F{C\}
Abstract: Parametric study was carried out to evaluate the ultimate bearing capacity of a rough #ob/p#k
strip footing resting on two-layer clay soil. Computations were performed by the commercial finite rqq1TRg
element analysis software ABAQUS. The computational results are compared with published ~[: 2I
lower bound and upper bound solutions by limit analysis. *Ex|9FCt$
Keywords: Bearing Capacity, Strip Footings, Two-layer Soil, Finite Element Method.