Dear community, I'm trying to find the ultimate bearing capacity of a shallow footing in PLAXIS 3D. The analysis is made as Load Control: A weightless plate element (2x2) is created with a point load of 10,000 kN at its center (shear failure guaranteed…

Hello, how can we neglect the soil springs between the shallow foundation and the soil beneath it in case where the foundation is sitting on piles and the design requires that all loads are transferred exclusively to the piles? If it's by defining a dummy…

Dear community, this is regarding the calculation of the bearing capacity of shallow foundation. I would like to know your opinion on the best approach that yields the most realistic values. Can you provide me with documented examples that have a step…

Hello. I am new to PLAXIS 3d V21. I have been learning PLAXIS 3D V20 which seemed to be much simpler than the current V21. I wanted to design a shallow footing setting on the ground surface. I want to measure the bearing capacity of the ground and…