Soil inertia effects on the bearing capacity of rectangular foundations on cohesive soils

Engineering Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 637-643

  Paolucci, Roberto ^a   Pecker, Alain ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Geodynamique et Structure   (France)

Author keywords

Shallow foundations; Shape effects; Soil inertia; Ultimate bearing capacity; Upper bound solutions; Yield design theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEARING CAPACITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SOIL INERTIA EFFECTS; YIELD DESIGN THEORY;

FOUNDATIONS;

BEARING CAPACITY; COHESIVE SOIL; FOUNDATION; SOIL INERTIA;

EID: 0031215074     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(96)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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