Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Two-layer ~^IS{1
Clay Soil by Finite Element Method o_EXbS]C
Ming Zhu z8mR< q%`
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor +tOBt("5/
Abstract: Parametric study was carried out to evaluate the ultimate bearing capacity of a rough .dV o[m;
strip footing resting on two-layer clay soil. Computations were performed by the commercial finite JB'q_dS}
element analysis software ABAQUS. The computational results are compared with published e0*',
lower bound and upper bound solutions by limit analysis. u/cL[_Q
Keywords: Bearing Capacity, Strip Footings, Two-layer Soil, Finite Element Method.