Comprehensive Characterization of Soils with Analytical and Numerical Simulation for Bearing Capacity and Settlement Requirements of the Footing

Table 7

Parameters of soil used in Plaxis 2D modeling and analysis.

Pit no	Depth of sample (m)	Unit weight (γb) (kN/m^3)	Undrained cohesion (cu) (kN/m^2)	Average young’s modulus (Eu) (kN/m^2)	Average Poisson’s ratio ()
1	1.5	16.2	49.5	15000	0.3
	3.0	18.8	53.8	15000	0.3
2	1.5	15.6	52.4	15000	0.3
	3.0	16.0	66.5	15000	0.3
3	1.5	17.0	64.3	15000	0.3
	3.0	17.4	103.1	15000	0.3
4	1.5	15.1	60.0	15000	0.3
	3.0	15.8	70.6	15000	0.3
5	1.5	15.9	60.6	15000	0.3
	3.0	17.5	71.3	15000	0.3
6	1.5	15.6	49.8	15000	0.3
	3.0	16.6	55.6	15000	0.3
7	1.5	15.8	52.8	15000	0.3
	3.0	16.3	73.6	15000	0.3