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@article{143946,
        author = {Anjali S and Lakshmi P},
        title = {Study on effect of bearing strength on rectangular and square pedestals with square bearing plates subjected to concentric loading},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {3},
        number = {4},
        pages = {173-179},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=143946},
        abstract = {When  large  concentrated  loads  are  acting  over  limited  area  of  concrete , the  bearing  strength  of  concrete  is  known  to  be  increasing  due  to  the  confining  pressure  of  the  enveloping  concrete  in  the  surroundings  of  the  contact  area. At  the  same  time , the  high  contact  pressure  may  be  many  fold  of  the  compressive  strength  of  the  concrete. There  are  lots of  examples  in  engineering  applications  of  better  utilization  of  bearing  capacity  such  as  steel  base  plates  of  steel  columns  and  trusses  over  pedestals. Literatures  on  the  bearing  capacity  of  concrete  reported  that  the bearing  capacity  of concrete  affected  by  the  nature  of  bed  supporting , eccentricity , conduit  openings , concrete  properties , specimen  size , form  and  amount  of reinforcements. Present  study  concentrates  mainly  on  the  effect  of  the  geometry  of  the  specimen  on  the  bearing  strength  of  RCC  pedestal  under  concentric loading  condition. Also  the  effect  of  deformation  and  crack  patterns  are  investigated. Reinforcement concrete pedestals of  200mm x 200mm cross-section.},
        keywords = {Bearing strength , Concentric loading , Crack patterns , Deformation , RCC Pedestals.},
        month = {},
        }