Effect of Fuzziness in Layer Boundaries on the Bearing Capacity of Footing on Two-layered Clays

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Faculty of Civil Engineering, Semnan University

Abstract

     The present paper utilizes Fuzzy Logic for generating a field of two-layered clay with considering fuzziness in the layer boundaries. The bearing capacity of footings on this field is then calculated by using numerical finite difference method. This will produce design guidelines for accounting fuzziness in the layer boundaries for footings resting on two-layered clay.
 

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