Influence of Foundation Rigidity on the Structural Response of Mat Foundation

Table 2

Comparison of predicted and FEA results for the considered mats.

Mat	t (m)	K’r	qmax			qmin
			Predicted	FEA	Error	Predicted	FEA	Error
Flexible	1	0.52	63.7	58.5	8.9%	16.7	20.5	18.5%
Moderately rigid	2	4.16	36.9	37.2	0.8%	25.2	24.2	4.1%
Mat	t (m)	K’r	(M^+)max			(M^-)max
			Predicted	FEA	Error	Predicted	FEA	Error
Flexible	1	0.52	344	370	7.0%	294.7	307.5	4.2%
Moderately rigid	2	4.16	250.9	252.5	0.6%	353.1	350	0.9%