Evaluation of bearing capacity of shallow foundations by using dynamic soil property

Soil Dynamic properties such as shear wave velocity as a single field index, represents the real soil conditions much more reliable than other shear strength parameters may obtained from in situ or laboratory tests. In situ measured shear wave velocity reflects the true photograph of the soil, containing the contributions of void ratio, effective confining stress, stress history, shear and compressive strengths, geologic age etc. In this paper, based on several of case history of site investigation, methods of determination or/and estimation bearing capacity of shallow foundation using dynamic soil property have been evaluated. Finally, a relationship to estimate the bearing capacity of shallow foundation based on in situ soil shear wave velocity was validated.