Three-dimensional numerical modeling of a piled embankment

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 102-112

  Jenck, Orianne ^a,b   Dias, Daniel ^b   Kastner, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Embankments; Numerical analysis; Piles; Soft soils; Soil stabilization; Soil structure interaction; Threedimensional models

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEPOSITS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PILES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

ELASTIC PERFECTLY PLASTIC; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODIFIED CAM-CLAY MODEL; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; SOFT SOILS; SOIL STABILIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CAM-CLAY MODEL; EMBANKMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE; SOFT SOIL; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 66449114403     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2009)9:3(102)     Document Type: Article

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