Transcription of Lateral loading of shallow foundations
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Paper No. 1 1 INTRODUCTION The resistance of shallow foundations to Lateral loads is often relied upon to transmit the base shear forces from the ground to a building during an earthquake. Considering the importance of this link in the Lateral load path it receives little attention in current design practice in New Zealand. An assumption is commonly made, either explicitly or implicitly, that the combination of sliding friction along the base of the structure and passive earth pressure acting against embedded foundation elements will have ample capacity to resist the design base shear.
Paper No. 6.03.01 1 1 INTRODUCTION The resistance of shallow foundations to lateral loads is often relied upon to transmit the base shear forces from the ground to a building during an earthquake.
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