Shallow Foundation
AMH uses this combination of software tools to compute the bearing capacity of shallow foundations.
What are Excel and MathCAD?
These piles are formed by drilling into the ground and filling the holes with fresh concrete.
What is Bored Pile?
This SPT-based liquefaction triggering method is adopted by AMH.
What is Boulanger and Idriss (2014)?
This type of settlement occurs upon load application.
What is Immediate Settlement?
MSE stands for ________.
What is Mechanically Stabilized Earth?
Terzaghi’s bearing capacity formula is based on this mode of failure.
What is General Shear Failure?
This is not included in the Allpile output.
What is Factor of Safety?
This type of soil is the most vulnerable to liquefaction during seismic activity.
What is Saturated Loose Sand?
This method, in addition to the removal of soil, helped stabilize the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
What is Counterweights?
The equation to solve for the Factor of Safety (FoS) considering a soil mass using the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM).
What is FoS = Resisting Forces/Driving Forces?
This serves as a limiting constraint for bearing capacity.
What is Settlement?
This structure is often mistaken for a deep foundation, even though its primary use is for earth retention (e.g., flood control projects).
What is Sheet Pile?
This is the response of loose sandy soil when subjected to cyclic shear stress.
What is Contraction?
This is the type of settlement that occurs very slowly over time.
What is Secondary Consolidation?
The load case with a max value of 0.4 for its Ru (Porewater Pressure Ratio) and 1.3 as its Target FoS.
What are Short-term Conditions with Rainfall?