Foundation Settlement Analysis Spreadsheets

This suite of spreadsheets undertake the settlement analysis of user defined foundations subject to user defined loadings. A total of 9 different methods are included to cover a range of different soil types and types of information available to the designer. These include;

• A simple analysis based on soil compressibility values
• A simple elastic settlement analysis
• Immediate Settlement in accordance with Bowles “Foundation Design and Analysis”
• Rotational Settlement for foundations subject to overturning moments
• A Classical total settlement analysis based on Bousinesq stress analysis
• An amended total settlement analysis in accordance with the Schmertmann method
• A settlement analysis based on results from a Plate Loading Test, A Standard Penetration Test or a Cone Penetration Test