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International Journal of Solids and Structures 42 (2005) 1681–1704 /locate/ijsolstr Numerical limit analysis solutions for the bearing capacity factor Nc M. Hjiaj *,1, A.V. Lyamin, S.W. Sloan Department of Civil Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia Received 23 January 2004; received in revised form 5 August 2004 Available online 8 October 2004 Abstract Numerical limit analyses are applied to evaluate the self-weight bearing capacity factor for a rigid surface footing with a smooth or rough interface. To isolate the effect of the self-weight on the bearing capacity, the soil is modeled as a cohesionless frictional Mohr–Coulomb material. Assuming an associated flow rule, the true collapse load is brack- eted to within 3.42% by computing rigorous lower and upper bound solutions using recently developed limit analysis methods [Lyamin and Sloan, 2002a. Upper bound limit analysis using linear finite elements and non-linear program- ming. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 26 (2), 181; Lyamin and Sloan, 2002b. Lower bound limit analysis using linear finite elements and non-linear programming. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 55 (5), 573]. With these sharp bounds, the average bearing capacity factor provides an excellent estimate of the exact bearing capacity factor that can be used with confidence for design purposes. The numerical formulations of both the upper and the lower bound theorems are obtained by mean