STUDY OF VARIATION OF BEARING CAPACITY OF SOIL BY DIFFERENT PARAMETERS

There are various layers of earth such as inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. Soil is a loose deposit of materials and organic particles occupying the top position of earth crust, it is a naturally available material produced by weathering of rocks. Soil being the product of nature its properties may vary from site to site. Bearing capacity of soil is most important parameter in the stability, durability and strength of foundation of any structure. The principal factors that influence safe bearing capacity are type of soil, width of foundation, surcharge water table shape of footing cohesion and angle of internal friction. Structure and rigidity and contact stress distribution does not affect bearing capacity greatly. In this paper, bearing capacity is calculated by IS Code, Terzaghi and Geo5 Software for soil samples collected from various parts of Amravati cities such as Parvati Nagar, Sai Nagar, Dastur Nagar, Navsari. Then, the variation of bearing capacity by all these three methods for strip footing, also the effect of various other parameter suggest soil type, degree of saturation, cohesion and angle of internal friction is studied.