Results:

Sand-Rigid Plate

Uniform loading of 150 kPa

Clay Soft Plate

Rigid Plate on Clay:
Input parameters from the literature used for calculations of vertical stress distributions in the
PLAXIS FEM models:

Soil Parameter Unit Clay Soil (PLAXIS Bulletin, Sandy Soil (Gysi et al.,
1999) 2001)
Dry Soil Weight γdry kNm- 17.8 17
3

Young’s Modulus E kPa 784.7 13000

Poisson’s ratio v - 0.33 0.3
Cohesion c kPa 5.4 2
Angle of Internal (0) 31.4 32
Friction
Dilatancy Angle (0) 0 0

Input parameters from laboratory measurements used for calculating the plate sinkage and
wheeling tests in the PLAXIS FEM models

Soil Parameter Unit W = 23% W = 25% W = 26%

Dry Soil Weight γdry kNm- 12.8 12.8 12.8
3

Young’s Modulus E kPa 316.5 308.9 305.8

Poisson’s ratio v - 0.33 0.3 0.33
Cohesion c kPa 15.2 8.3 4.8
Angle of Internal Friction (0) 29.1 29.3 29.4
Dilatancy Angle (0) 0 0
Modified Compression - 0.081 0.091 -
Index
Modified Swelling Index - 0.042 0.042 -
Pre-overburden pressure kNm- 40 or 40 or -
2
POP 49.1 49.1