Bearing capacity of spatially random soil: The undrained clay Prandtl problem revisited

Geotechnique

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-359

  Griffiths, D V ^a   Fenton, G A ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Limit state design analysis; Numerical modelling; Plasticity; Shear strength; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASTICITY; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHEAR STRENGTH;

RANDOM FIELD THEORY;

SOIL TESTING;

BEARING CAPACITY; CLAY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRAIN; UNDRAINED TEST;

EID: 0035351931     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2001.51.4.351     Document Type: Article

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