Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings on Two-layer Y$6W~j
Clay Soil by Finite Element Method AZadNuL/
Ming Zhu ^p!bteA>
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 4!tHJCq"
Abstract: Parametric study was carried out to evaluate the ultimate bearing capacity of a rough 9{5 c}bX
strip footing resting on two-layer clay soil. Computations were performed by the commercial finite |h65[9DMP
element analysis software ABAQUS. The computational results are compared with published kn|z
lower bound and upper bound solutions by limit analysis. U-3uT&m*9.
Keywords: Bearing Capacity, Strip Footings, Two-layer Soil, Finite Element Method.