"In terms of establishing the bearing resistance, the code states that a commonly recognised method should be used and Annex D of the Standard gives a sample calculation..." (Section 8.7)

Resources for Chapter 8:

The complete Chapter 8

Addendum: Example 8.6b

Bearing capacity factors (Table 8.1)

Spreadsheet of partial factor sets

Examples 8.3 and 8.4

Example 8.5 *

Example 8.6 *

Example 8.11

Exercises

Exercises: Ex 8.5, Ex 8.6 *

 

* Click "No" or "Don't update" if prompted by dialogue box. These spreadsheets should really be saved locally (right click on link) in the same folder as the partial factors spreadsheet for correct operation.

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