Elements of Soil Mechanics - 8th Edition
by Ian Smith
Blackwell Publishing, 2006

Partial factors

"To enable the limit states to be checked, the design values of the geotechnical parameters, the ground resistance and the actions (e.g. forces or loads), must be determined. The design values of actions (Fd) are derived by multiplying the representative values (Frep) by the appropriate partial factor of safety...." (Section 7.4.2)

Resources for partial factors (Chapters 5, 7 and 8):

Excel Spreadsheet of partial factor sets

 

 

Partial factors

Table of partial factors.

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