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References & Methodology
- Das, B.M. & Sivakugan, N. (2019). Principles of Foundation Engineering, 9th Edition, SI. Cengage Learning. Ch. 6 — Shallow Foundations: Ultimate Bearing Capacity: §6.6 The general bearing capacity equation (Meyerhof / Hansen / Vesic), Eq. 6.36; §6.7 Other solutions for bearing capacity, shape, and depth factors. Ch. 7: §7.10 Seismic bearing capacity in granular soil; §7.11 Foundations on rock.
- Meyerhof, G.G. (1963). Some recent research on the bearing capacity of foundations. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1(1), 16–26.
- Hansen, J.B. (1970). A revised and extended formula for bearing capacity. Bulletin No. 28, Danish Geotechnical Institute. (Source of depth factors.)
- De Beer, E.E. (1970). Experimental determination of the shape factors and the bearing capacity factors of sand. Géotechnique, 20(4), 387–411. (Source of shape factors.)
- Vesic, A.S. (1973). Analysis of ultimate loads of shallow foundations. J. Soil Mech. Found. Div., ASCE, 99(SM1), 45–73.
- Das, B.M. & Sivakugan, N. (2017). Principles of Foundation Engineering (9th ed.), Ch. 4. Cengage.