An Attempt to Apply the Kinematic Method of Rigid Solids in the Study of Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

Abstract

In the geotechnical engineering field, shallow foundations are frequently needed to ensure good fieldwork stability. They are also intended to permanently and uniformly transmit all solicitation requests on the seating floor. Bearing capacity of foundations, durability, stability, design of shallow foundations, lead unfortunately to a serious problem where finding an adequate solution presents the main goal for several scholars. Indeed, the corresponding drawback is due only to the high number of reported damage that occurred in the structure of foundations and also the punching failure. Furthermore, stability analysis of shallow foundations against puncture has recently been carried out, in which a kinematic rigid body break based-method has been applied. In this respect, this paper proposes two mechanical models, as a contribution to the research field. These models are used for dwell computing the failure along the sliding surface based on the kinematic method of rigid solids.