Thanks for the feedback guys,
I wasn't aware that studies were not discussed on here but to clarify, I am a Highways Engineer studying to progress my knowledge of topics that effect my day to day role, I am not a full time student looking for a shortcut.
In this particular case, the soft clay...
I have recently been involved in a development scheme in the middle East and attempted to use MX Drainage to determine appropriate gully spacing rather than using the traditional method of a spreadsheet with calculations from DMRB Gully Spacing.
However, I had some quite significant problems...
I am currently studying for an MSc and I am attempting to determine bearing capacity and settlement in a layered clay soil with weak clay overlying stiff clay.
I aim to design the foundation by fixing the length at 12m (assumption due to bridge deck = 12m) and determining width using Das...