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Example projects

Loadcap NX includes ready-to-use example projects, some of which reproduce validation tests taken from the literature or from the desktop version. Download them from the menu ? (top) → Resources tab → Example projects, then open them with File → Open.

Example Content
Pad footing — NTC 2018 Introductory base case: pad footing with NTC 2018 combinations
Strip footing on multi-layer soil Strip footing on a non-uniform stratigraphy
Circular Ø10 — Burland & Burbidge Validation of settlements with the Burland & Burbidge method
Raft 2.5×2.5 — ex. 6.3.2 Bearing capacity + settlements (oedometric and Schmertmann)
Pad footing 4×4 — Lancellotta ex. 9.2 Bearing capacity, sliding check and settlements

How to use them

  1. Open the menu ? and go to Resources.
  2. Download the .lcnx file you need.
  3. In Loadcap, File → Open and select the file.
  4. Press Compute and compare the results.

Learn from solved cases

The validation files are the quickest way to understand how to set up a type of analysis: they come already configured (geometry, stratigraphy, combinations, calculation options) and their results are comparable with the references.

Sliding check

The Pad footing 4×4 — Lancellotta ex. 9.2 example includes an action such that the sliding check on the founding plane is exercised, in addition to bearing capacity and settlements.


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