COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ANALYTICAL AND SOFTWARE METHOD OF CALCULATING BEARING CAPACITY OF SOIL

Any civil engineering structure is as strong as its foundation, a foundation is as strong as its soil. Soil considered as strong as it has higher bearing capacity. Soil is considered as a complex material produced by weathering of solid rock; it is the most important material which is used for construction of any civil engineering structure. As it is a complex material it has numerous properties or say characteristics but bearing capacity of soil is quite evident. Main objective of this paper is to consider maximum parameter and analyze their effect on soil bearing capacity. There are various methods for calculation of bearing capacity of soil but in this project bearing capacity of black cotton soil at different four location in Amravati i.e., Parvati Nagar, Sai Nagar, Navsari and Dastur Nagar has been calculated by the IS code method, Terzaghi’s analysis and by Geo5 software.