I am looking at three different settlement methods, shown below. The 3rd method is giving settlements approximately 10 times more that the other two. I have just coded the 3rd it into excel and did a hand calc and it seems right. Although it could be a calculation error, i will check thoroughly tomorrow.
In the meantime, I am wondering has anyone else seen a similar trend with this method? Do you use a different method(s)?
1. Fleming, W.G.K. (1992) A new method for single pile settlement for prediction and analysis, Géotechnique, 42(3): 411–425. 2. Piling Engineering, Fleming K, Weltman A, Randolph M and Elson K 3rd Edition 2009, Taylor & Francis.
3. Randolph and Wroth 1979 method - Foundation Analysis and Design, Fifth Edition, Joseph E Bowles, Page 909.
