Bearing capacity of strip and circular footings in sand using finite elements

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 871-879

  Loukidis, D ^a   Salgado, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Finite elements; Footings; Plasticity; Sand

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED FLOW RULES; BEARING CAPACITY FACTORS; CIRCULAR FOOTINGS; DILATANCY ANGLES; FINITE ELEMENTS; FOOTINGS; FRICTION ANGLES; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MOHR COULOMBS; NON-ASSOCIATED FLOW RULES; SAND LAYERS; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SHAPE FACTORS; VERTICAL BEARING CAPACITIES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY; SAND; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; COULOMB CRITERION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTING; MOHR THEORY; PLASTICITY; SAND; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 67349171456     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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