
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Upper and lower bound calculations of the bearing capacity
of strip footings near slopes in cohesionless soil
Sven Krabbenhoft & Lars Damkilde
Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark
Kristian Krabbenhoft
Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
ABSTRACT: The calculation of the bearing capacity of a strip foundation located on the edge of or near a slope
is commonly based on the well known bearing capacity equation ...