An approach for determining ground bearing capacity

The aim of this study is the improvement of Terzaghi bearing capacity formula which is very common method to determine the bearing capacity in shallow foundations. For this purpose, many sampling has been done in very wide range for several formulas and variances that use to determine the bearing capacity in shallow foundations and a new formula is derived based on the Terzaghi bearing capacity formula with modification cofficionts. The summary of the literatures, the aim of the thesis and hypothesis are explained in the first chapter of the thesis. The strength parameters of soils are defined in second chapter used for the determination of analytical bearing capacity. Various bearing capacity formulas are given in third chapter that use very common in literature. Following, the factors that affect the analytical bearing capacity are specified in fourth chapter. In the fifth chapter of the thesis, the main formula that is recommended by Terzaghi keep as template however, the coefficients in Terzaghi template are evaluated with non-linear regression analysis method based on the soil samples that characteristic's determined in synthetic way. As a result of this evaluation, new formula is developed with new coefficients that are referred to Terzaghi template. The proposed formula is compared with other analytical bearing capacity and experimental bearing capacity values in the sixth chapter. In the last chapter, the conclusions of the study are emphasized.