Reliability-Based analysis and design of strip footings against bearing capacity failure

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 917-928

  Youssef Abdel Massih, Dalia S ^a   Soubra, Abdul Hamid ^a   Low, Bak Kong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Earthquake loads; Failure loads; Limit analysis; Probability; Punching; Reliability; Shallow foundations

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODES; FRICTION; LOADS (FORCES); PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEARING MACHINES; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; APPLIED (CO); BOUND METHOD; CAPACITY FAILURE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (COV); DESIGN POINTS; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; LIMIT ANALYSES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; PSEUDO STATIC; PUNCHING FAILURE; RELIABILITY INDEX (RI); SEISMIC LOADINGS; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH; STRIP FOOTINGS; ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (ULS); VERTICAL LOADS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BEARING CAPACITY; DESIGN; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOTING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 41049090119     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:7(917)     Document Type: Article

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