{"id":3609,"date":"2024-09-06T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T11:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:55:43","slug":"bearing-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/ce\/soil-mechanics-foundation-engineering\/bearing-capacity","title":{"rendered":"Bearing Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The load carrying capacity of foundation soil or rock which enables it to bear and transmit loads from a structure is know as bearing capacity.<\/p>\n

Some of the factors affecting bearing capacity are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Nature of soil and its physical and engineering properties.<\/li>\n
  2. Nature of foundation and other details such as the size, shape, depth and rigidity of the structure.<\/li>\n
  3. Location of the ground water table relative to the foundation level.<\/li>\n
  4. The total and differential settlements that the structure can withstand without functional failure.<\/li>\n
  5. Initial stress condition of the soil due to prehistory or due to the existing structure near proposed foundation.<\/li>\n
  6. Nature and type of loading i.e. centric or eccentric.<\/li>\n
  7. Mode of shear failure i.e. General, Local or Punching shear failure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    MODE OF SHEAR FAILURE<\/h2>\n

    The three principal modes of shear failure have been identified based on the model test of strip footings on sand, which are as follows:<\/p>\n

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