Correct me if I am wrong but if we are talking about immediate settlement why not just A-Pile, you can set the it custom discretization (for greater accuracy). It does provide load vs settlement graphs directly (the procedure is based on RFreunud's procedure)
I have been practicing for my PE exam and came across a problem which is throwing me off. The problem is to determine the allowable bearing capacity of a mat foundation 40ft x 80 ft with soil unit wt 120lb/ft^3 located 8ft below ground surface with SPT of the soil being 18. Sounds simple, so I...
