Research Article

Safety Criteria and Standards for Bearing Capacity of Foundation

Table 2

Variation coefficient statistics of foundation soil strength parameters from literatures.

Variation coefficientMeyerhof [15]Hansen [16]Vesić [17]Orr [18]

(for )0.16–0.470.14–0.250.10–0.350.20–0.40
(for )0.12–0.370.068–0.0970.02–0.130.05–0.15