settlement_of_shallow_foundations_on_granular_soils (Lutenegger ang DeGroot)

Table 7.2 Normalized Load-Settlement Analysis- Small Footings
Reference Test Conditions Other Information
Meigh and Nixon • Site- Motherwell, Lanarkshire B =L = 0.31, 0.31, 0.31,
(1961) • Fine, Silty Glacial Sand 0.31, 0.46, and 0.46 m
• SPT (N) 60 = 65
• Dr= 1.22m, Dw = 6.10m
• Field Load Test
• Quit Calculated (Stroud)
• Site- Sizewell, Suffolk
• Medium Dense, Fine to Medium Sand
• Field Load Test
• Quit Calculated (Stroud)
B=L=0.31 m,Dr =3.1 m
B = L = 0.31 m, Dr = 7.6 m
Rodin • Site One - Coarse Sand and Gravel Dr = 3.20, 3.96, 4.72, 5.49,
(1961) • Diameter= 0.305 m and6.40 m
• Field Load Test
• Quit Given
• Site Two - Gravel
• Diameter= 0.46 m
• Field Load Test
• Quit Given
Dr = 4.72 and 5.94 m
Deb • Loose Sand Deposit Diameter= 0.152, 0.229,
(1963) • N avg. = 5 0.305, and 0.457 m
•Dr=O
• Field Load Test
• Found Quit (log Q vs. log S)
Ismael • Well-graded cohesionless Sand B=L=0.25 m
(1985) • SPTN = 20, Dr= 1.0 m, Dw= 2.8 m B=L=0.50m
• Wet Density= 1.625 Mg/m 3
• Field Load Test
• Quit Calculated (Stroud)
• Diameter= 0.5 m
• Tests performed at different sites in
Kuwait
• Field Load Test
• Quit Calculated (Stroud)
SPTN = 30, Dr= 1.0 m
SPTN = 25, D,= 1.0 m
SPTN =IS, D,= 1.0 m
SPTN = 12, Dr= 1.0 m
SPT N = 10, Dr= 2.6 m
SPTN = 10, Dr= 2.0 m
SPTN = 20, Dr= 2.8 m
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