A field or laboratory test to determine the bearing capacity of a soil sample, individual pile, pile foundation, or the […]

1. The maximum load that a column, footing, joint, or wall can sustain at failure, divided by the effective bearing

The rock or soil stratum (a) which carries the load transferred to it by a caisson, pile, or the like

A masonry unit in a wall that can support a load other than the units of which the wall is

A steel slab which is placed under a beam, column, girder, or truss to distribute the end reaction from the

The length of a structural beam between its supports.