Arabic - Round (2): Module 1 - Bearing Capacity (Resistance) قدرة تحمل التربة
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Chapter (1): Introduction

1 - Introduction
Chapter (2): Case History

2 - Case History
Chapter (3): Three Failure Modes

(3a) General Shear Failure
(3b) Local Shear Failure
(3c) Punching Shear Failure
(3d) Determine Failure Type
Chapter (4): General Bearing Capacity Equation

(4a) Three Components of Bearing Capacity
(4b) Bearing Capacity Equation (CFEM - CSA S6-19 - AASHTO - ECB)
(4c) Bearing Capacity Factors
(4d) Shape Factor
(4e) Depth Factor
(4f) Example 1 - Covers "Bearing Capacity Factor - Depth Factor - Shape Factor"
(4g) Inclination Factors
(4h) Example 2 - Covers "Inclination Factor"
(4i) Surface Slope
(4j) Example 3 - Covers Surface Slope.mp4
(4k) Base Inclination
Chapter (5): Drained Vs Undrained

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5 - Drained Vs Undrained
Chapter (6): Influence of Ground Water

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(6a) CFEM and CSA S6-19
(6b) AASHTO
(6c) Example 4 - Covers "Effect of GWT on Bearing Capacity"
Chapter (7): Eccentric Forces and Moments (4 Videos)

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(7a) CFEM (Allowable Stress Design)
(7b) AASHTO and CSA (LRFD)
(7c) Stress Calculations
(7d) Example 5 - Covers "Eccentricity Effect"
Chapter (8): Consideration for Footings on Slopes

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(8a) Introduction - AASHTO
(8b) Footings on Slope
(8c) Example 6 - Covers "Footings on Slopes"
(8d) Recall Footing on Sloped Ground CFEM
(8e) Footing Adjacent to Slope
(8f) Example 7 - Covers "Footing Adjacent to Slope"
Chapter (9): Consideration for Punching and Local Shear

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(9a) Introduction
(9b) Vesic Detailed Approach
(9c) AASHTOO Simplified Approach
(9d) Example 8 - Covers "Vesic Detailed Approach"
Chapter (10): Two Layer System

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(10a) AASHTO - H critical Determination
(10b) Undrained - Case (1)
(10c) Example 9 - Covers "Undrained Case (1)"
(10d) Undrained - Case (2)
(10e) Example 10 - Covers "Undrained Case (2)"
(10f) Drained Condition
(10g) Example 11 - Covers "Drained Condition"
Chapter (11): Closely Spaced Footings

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(11a) No Overlap
(11b) Passive Zones Just Overlap
(11c) Transition and Passive Zone Size Reduced
(11d) Very Close Footings
Chapter (12): Bearing Capacity from SPT and CPT

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(12a) CFEM - Bearing Capacity from SPT
(12b) AASHTO - Bearing Capacity from SPT
(12c) CFEM - Bearing Capacity from CPT
(12d) AASHTO - Bearing Capacity from CPT
Chapter (13): Allowable Bearing Capacity

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(13a) Uncertainties in Geotechnical Engineering
(13b) Commonly Used Values for Factor of Safety FOS
(13c) CFEM - Qall
Chapter (14): Factored Bearing Resistance

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(14a) Limit State Design
(14b) Geotechnical Resistance Factors - AASHTO and CFEM
(14c) CSA S6-19 - Geotechnical Resistance Factors
Chapter (15): Horizontal Resistance - Check Against Sliding

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(15a) Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CSA S6-19
(15b) AASHTO - Cohesionless Soils
(15c) AASHTO - Cohesive Soils
Chapter (16): Bearing Capacity on Rocks

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(16a) Failure Modes
(16b) Methods for Bearing Capacity on rock
(16c) Core Strength Method
Chapter (17): Typical Values for Preliminary Design Bearing Pressures

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(17a) Cohesionless Soil - CFEM
(17b) Cohesionless AASHTO
(17c) Cohesive Soils - CFEM
(17d) Cohesive Soils AASHTO
(17e) Rock - CFEM
(17f) Rock - AASHTO
(17g) Problematic Soils
Chapter (18): Geotechnical-Structure Cycle

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18- Geotechnical-Structure Cycle

Chapter (18): Geotechnical-Structure Cycle

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