and I have. always end up with drained parameters giving approximately half of what undrained parameters would give. Which leads me to ask if I am being overly conservative using drained parameters? or if it's shallow footings in clay, undrained parameters will suffice as drained conditions...
When calculating bearing capacity for shallow footings, in the various formulae (including Terzaghis) do I use drained or undrained parameters? For context, most of these calculations are done for clay. Most engineers are using undrained shear strength (and phi=0) to calculate bearing capacity...
