Journal of Geographic Information System, 2013, 5, 492-497 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2013.55046 Published Online October 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/jgis) Using a GIS to Assessment the Load-Carrying Capacity of Soil Case of Berhoum Area, Hodna...
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Journal of Geographic Information System, 2013, 5, 492-497 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2013.55046 Published Online October 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/jgis) Using a GIS to Assessment the Load-Carrying Capacity of Soil Case of Berhoum Area, Hodna Basin, (Eastern Algeria) Amar Guettouche, Farid Kaoua Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria Email: guettouche.amar@gmail.com, ammar.bahri73@yahoo.fr Received July 2, 2013; revised August 9, 2013; accepted October 2, 2013 Copyright © 2013 Amar Guettouche, Farid Kaoua. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT The concept of load-carrying capacity of the soil can be evaluated by two main components: permissible stress and permissible depth; and therefore, running it begins its assessment that
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