Determinação da capacidade de carga do solo : um estudo de caso por meio dos métodos semi-empíricos para fundações por tubulão

Abstract

The present work is a case study whose objective was to determine the load capacity of the soil through semi-empirical methods, comparing it with the admissible tension adopted for the elaboration of the project of foundations of the building studied and, if there is divergence in the considered allowable stresses, carry out a cost comparison. In order to reach the objectives, a bibliographic review was carried out to introduce the subject, bringing together the semi-empirical methods of nine renowned authors to determine the load-bearing capacity of the soil. As a result, it was found that the allowable stress obtained from the semi-empirical methods was much greater than the allowable stress adopted for the elaboration of the foundations project. Therefore, it was found that if the foundation design of the building studied did not use the allowable stress obtained through semi-empirical methods, there would be considerable savings in the execution of the foundations.