How to Analyse Skirted Offshore Foundations for Bearing Capacity and Settlement?

[Civilundergrad]

I am carrying out research for my dissertation and I am comparing the bearing capacity and settlement in an offshore raft foundation with and without an outer skirt. This will be done through computer software but I was wondering if anyone has any pointers on how to analyse a foundation with a skirt for hand written calculations, thanks

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

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