Dear Denis,
It'll be worth going back to Vaughan Griffiths' 1982 work: Griffiths, D.V. (1982) Computation of Bearing Capacity factors using Finite Elements, Geotechnique 32, pp. 195-202.
There is a useful report by Sam Frydman and Harvey Burd at http://www-civil.eng.ox.ac.uk/publications/reports/ouel_2054_95.pdf which has a good reference list.
David
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Subject: Re: Terzaghi Bearing capacity Model
Colleagues
We are trying to model Terzaghi's bearing capacity theory, using finite elements method. Can someone point us to the literature and soil models we can use for this. Any assistance of how we can start this task is also welcome.
Thanks alot.
Regards
Denis
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