Three-dimensional lower bound solutions for stability of plate anchors in clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Merifield, R S ^a   Lyamin, A V ^a   Sloan, S W ^a   Yu, H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchors; Clays; Finite elements; Limit analysis; Pull out resistance; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANCHORS; CLAY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPELINES;

LOWER BOUND SOLUTIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANCHOR; CLAY; GEOMETRY; LIMIT ANALYSIS; PULLOUT TEST; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EID: 0037340733     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:3(243)     Document Type: Article

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