2.1 Introduction The soil must be capable of carrying the loads from any engineered structure placed upon it without a shear failure and with the resulting settlements being tolerable for that structure. This chapter will be concerned with evaluation of the limiting shear resistance, 周 or ultimate bearing capacity quit,of the soil under a foundation load. 阳喝2.1 Introduction ▪ The soil must be capable of carrying the loads from any engineered structure placed upon it without a shear failure and with the resulting settlements being tolerable for that structure. ▪ This chapter will be concerned with evaluation of the limiting shear resistance, or ultimate bearing capacity qult, of the soil under a foundation load