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Thanks BigH and JD... I am calculating bearing capacity for 22 feet wide retaining wall footing embeded 3 feet over a soil layer that has a strength of about 500 psf (4 feet layer) over 1500 psf. Each one of the methods result in different answers. Meyerhoff and Hanna (Das' book) results in...

I am looking for references or equations to compute bearing capacity for layered soils. I have already looked up the following and looking for some more...... 1. Myerhoff & Brown, 1960 Geotechnique 2. Myerhoff & Hanna, 1973 Geotechnique & Das's Book 3. Vessic 1973 (Winterkorn and Fang) 4. Army...