Pseudodynamic Bearing Capacity Analysis of Shallow Strip Footing Using the Advanced Optimization Technique “Hybrid Symbiosis Organisms Search Algorithm” with Numerical Validation

Table 6

Comparison of settlements obtained from numerical and analytical analyses.

Soil samples	Depth factor (Df/B0)	Numerical solution		Analytical solution
		PLAXIS-8.6v		Richards et al. [12]		Present analysis	Terzaghi [2]
		FOS	Settlement (mm)		Settlement (mm)	Nγe	Settlement (mm)
Sample 1	0	1.12	49.57	0.02	127	41	48.97
	0.25	1.95	42.82	0.14	18.27	53	36.01
	0.5	2.71	41.47	0.24	10.65	68	33.07
	1	3.19	40.1	0.28	9.13	75	30.61
Sample 2	0	1.03	47.45	0.01	255	37	36.6
	0.25	1.59	40.99	0.1	25.58	49	31.08
	0.5	2.14	38.22	0.18	18.27	64	30.0
	1	2.61	34.47	0.25	10.23	72	27.33