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A reliability based method was used to design and analyse shallow foundations using first-order Taylor series approximation. The computer program Mathcad was used to facilitate all mathematical and computional efforts. This method is an effective tool to assist the foundation designers and analyists to investigate how reliable their designs or analyses are in relation to the ultimate bearing capacity of the foundations. The approach presented in this paper provides a reliable alternative for design and analysis of shallow foundations, rather than the conventional design methods, which employs the assumptions of a specified saftey factor. Several examples were presented for design and analysis of strip footings embedded in sandy soil, and rectangular and square footings analysis embedded in clayey soils. The program input and output of each example are also presented and discussed.
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Alawneh, A.S., Nusier, O.K. & Al-Mufty, A.AE. Reliability Based Assessment of Shallow Foundations Using Mathcad. Geotech Geol Eng 24, 637–660 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-005-2131-9
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