Importance of Distribution Type on Bearing Capacity of an Embedded Foundation in Spatially Varying Soils

Figure 7

The CDFs of the bearing capacity factor N_c of the foundation for different PDFs of shear strength ((a, c) M = 0; (b, d) M = 12). (a, b) l_h = 60 m; (c, d) l_h = 6 m.

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