DISCUSSION. SOME APPLICATIONS OF SOIL TEST RESULTS TO THE DESIGN OF SIMPLE FOUNDATIONS. STRUCTURAL & BUILDING ENGINEERING DIVISION.

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RESULTS TO THE DESIGN OF SIMPLE FOUSDSTIONS. 27may act, as a rigid box and spread the load over the whole of t,he base, instead of only on the footing as intended ; in such cases the earliest signs of trouble will appear a t the corners, owing to the heavy concentrations of bearing pressure that are induced in'these positions ; these are likely to cause diagonal cracks in the brickwork. In steel-framed buildings with t]hin brickwork or other stiff but weak panelling, general cracking of the panels may be expected ; such structures are less capable of re-distributing, load than are their heavier forebears.