Computer · Foundation Engineering
Typical observations on the characteristics of a soil failure that occurred in the case of a horizontal strip footing in a very plastic soil are given below: 1. Poorly defined shear planes. 2. Soil zones beyond the loaded area being little affected. 3. Significant penetration of a wedge-shaped soil zone beneath the foundation accompanied by vertical shear beneath the edges of the foundation. Identify the mode of failure in this case.
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- 1Punching shear failure✓
- 2General shear or local shear failure
- 3Local shear failure
- 4General shear failure
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Punching shear failure
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