• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.5-11
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• 2015

Recently the necessity of developing the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for shallow foundation has been raised to implement to the domestic design codes related to geotechnical engineering since the limit state design is requested as international technical standard for the foundation of structures. In this study, applicability of LRFD for shallow foundation on weathered soils was investigated and resistance factor for this case was proposed. The quantitative analyses on the uncertainty and resistance bias for shallow foundation on weathered soil ground were performed by collecting the statistical data about domestic case studies for design and construction of shallow foundation. Reliability analyses for shallow foundation were first performed using FDA (First-order Design value Approach) method. Resistance factors were calibrated using the load factors obtained from the specifications of shallow foundations on weathered soil ground. The influence of the load factors developed in this study on the resistance factors were discussed by comparing with the resistance factor obtained from using AASHTO load factors.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.5-14
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• 2004

The settlement of foundations under working load conditions is an important design consideration. Well-designed foundations induce stress-strain states in the soil that are neither in the linear elastic range nor in the range usually associated with perfect plasticity. Thus, in order to accurately predict working settlements, analyses that are more realistic than simple elastic analyses are required. The settlements of footings in sand are often estimated based on the results of in-situ tests, particularly the standard penetration test (SPT) and the cone penetration test (CPT). In this paper, we analyze the load-settlement response of vertically loaded footings placed in sands using both the finite element method with a non-linear stress-strain model and the conventional elastic approach. Based on these analyses, we propose a procedure for the estimation of footing settlement in sands based on CPT results.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.5-16
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• 2017

Rocking behavior of shallow foundation during the earthquake can reduce the seismic load of the superstructure. The dynamic centrifuge tests were performed to investigate the availability of using rocking behavior for the weathered soil condition. The centrifuge test model was composed of the weathered soil, shallow foundation and single degree of freedom structure. And the accelerations of soil, foundation and structure, and the foundation settlement were measured during the earthquake. From the test result, the seismic load of the structure for the strong earthquake input was reduced by the rocking behavior with foundation uplift and the maximum foundation settlement was less than 0.5% of the foundation width. This shows the potential that the rocking foundation concept can be used in the economical seismic design of foundation for the weathered soil in the future with additional research and verification.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.923-932
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• 1994

The studies on the bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations have been made in various fields and formulas for various failure mechanisms have been presented. But, for these models, the method of classification with foundation depth has been obscure and bearing capacity factors have not been uniformly applied. An experiment was performed, in plane strain conditions, with ground model made of carbon rods. The failure mechanism of foundation and ultimate bearing capacity with foundation depth were observed. Based on experimental results the classification between shallow and deep foundations by failure shape was tried. Various present failure mechanisms of foundation were verified through the experiment.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2010

This paper describes the procedure to predict the entire load-displacement curve and the failure mechanism of shallow strip footing for real soil. The presented results show that it is possible to analyze the post peak behavior of shallow strip footing and to give a progressive failure mechanism clearly. Finite element computation of the bearing capacity factor $N_{\gamma}$ have been made for shallow strip footings with friction angles and dilation angle. It is shown that commonly used values of $N_{\gamma}$ which have generally been based on associated plasticity calculations are unconservative for real soil with non-associated plasticity and some smooth footing.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.6322-6328
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• 2014

Finite element analyses were performed to find out the load bearing behavior of three kinds of shallow foundations. The analysis results for strip footing showed that local shear failure mode could be observed for a zero dilatancy angle and general shear failure mode could be seen for non-zero dilatancy angles. The ultimate bearing loads for non-zero dilatancy angles were approximately 1.5 times higher than that of a zero dilatancy angle. General shear failure mode was observed for circular footing and square footing regardless of the dilatancy angle. The ultimate bearing loads for a non-zero dilatancy angle were slightly greater than that for a zero dilatancy angle. A comparison of the load-settlement curves for three kinds of footing showed that the load bearing capacities for non-zero dilatancy angle were greater than those for a zero-dilatancy angle.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2009.09a
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• pp.498-503
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• 2009

얕은기초의 침하량은 기초강성에 따라 크게 좌우되지만 기존의 이론적인 연구결과는 실무에 적 하기에 불충분하였다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서는 3차원 수치해석법을 이용하여 직사각형 기초의 길이비에 따른 강성 보정계수를 산정하고자 하였다. 우선, Mayne & Poulos(1999)가 정사각형 기초에 대하여 제안한 강성 보정계수와 비교하여 본 수치해석 기법의 적용성을 검증하였다. 그리고, 검증된 수치해석 기법을 적용하여 직사각형 기초의 길이비를 L/B=1, 2, 5로 달리하여 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 동일한 기초강성에서 기초의 길이비(L/B)가 증가함에 따라 강성 보정계수 값이 점차 증가하는 결과를 보여주었다. 그러나 L/B=5 인 경우에는 강성계수가 10이상 되더라도 기초는 완전강성 거동을 보이지 않았다.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.68-73
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• 2020

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1523-1528
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• 2013

It is necessary to develop the simple and efficient technique that ease entry of man and equipment and take the role of foundations of temporary or small structures on the soft ground. This study intends to verify the effects on the increase of bearing capacity of base projecting walls under shallow foundations and to investigate the variance of the bearing capacity of the foundations according to the interval and length of the walls. For this, model soft ground in the chamber equipped with loading apparatus is made and the loading tests on the model foundations with base projecting walls of various intervals and lengths using the apparatus are performed with measuring the loads and settlements. The results show that the base projecting walls under shallow foundations on soft ground are effective on the increase of bearing capacity and the more the number and length of the walls the larger the effects. And, when the ratio of interval to length of the walls is 1, i.e. the shape forming the base of the foundation and the walls is square, the bearing capacity is increased by 25% and the effect is optimum.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.167-177
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• 1992

This study analyses theoretically the bearing capacity of shallow foundation, considering the effect of roughness of base. The new bearing capacity factors based on the concept of limit equlibrium are succesfully derived. The simplified formula corresponding to the newly derived expressions are developed as well. The results of the present study are comparable to the conventional theories i.e., Terzaghi's, Meyerhofs, Vesic's and Yamaguchi's. In conclusion it is recommended that the upper limit of friction angle of soil be ${\varphi}=40^{\circ}$, and the angle of base friction be adquetely used with various ranges of ${\varphi}$ for safe designs and constructions.