ABSTRACT
It is only a practical and pragmatic approach that would lead to a safe and sound settlement free floating (or partly floating) foundation.
Example 14. 1 A beam of length 4 m and width 0.75 m rests on stiff clay. A plate load test carried out at the site with the use of a square plate of size 0.30 m gives a coefficient of subgrade reaction kl equal to 25 MN/m3. Determine the coefficient of subgrade reaction k
s for the beam.
