Numerical study of the effect of foundation size for a wide range of sands

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Yamamoto, Nobutaka ^a,b   Randolph, Mark K ^b   Einav, Itai ^c  

^a Advanced Geomechanics   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Finite element method; Numerical; Sand; Shallow foundations; Silica; Size effect

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SILICA; SOILS; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY FACTORS; CALCAREOUS SANDS; CALCAREOUS SOILS; CIRCULAR FOUNDATIONS; CONFINING PRESSURES; CRITICAL SIZES; DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; GRAIN CRUSHING; INITIAL DENSITIES; NATURAL SANDS; NUMERICAL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PUNCHING SHEARS; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SHEAR BEHAVIORS; SIZE EFFECT; SOIL MODELS; SURFACE HEAVES;

SAND;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SILICA; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 57949096899     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2009)135:1(37)     Document Type: Article

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