The Bearing Capacity of Circular Footings in Sand: Comparison between Model Tests and Numerical Simulations Based on a Nonlinear Mohr Failure Envelope

Table 5

Summary of results from tests and FEM calculations.

Relative density	Diameter of footing [mm]	Failure load from FEM analysis [kPa]	Failure load from tests [kPa]	Standard deviation of failure loads [kPa]
0.59	100	71	57	5.7
0.84	100	151	148	13.0