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  1. ripongeo

    Does anyone know how to determine the width (in the figure, BE) of the failure wedge?

    I did! But does a 2m failure wedge length (BE) make sense for a small 200mm circular footing? It's 10X of the foundation width. That is the confusion.
  2. ripongeo

    Question about Direct Shear Test, CU and UU test

    UU gives undrained parameters on the other hand, CU and Direct shear give drained parameters (cohesion and Angle of internal friction). I think, Direct shear is not needed if CU conducted.
  3. ripongeo

    Does anyone know how to determine the width (in the figure, BE) of the failure wedge?

    For my research, it is necessary to find the width (in the figure, BE) of the failure wedge in Terzaghi, Vesic, or Prandtl bearing capacity theories for shallow foundations. I searched the literature but could not find any equations or calculations. I tried the trigonometric method, but the...

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