The influence of load inclination on the undrained bearing capacity of strip footings on slopes

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Georgiadis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Finite element analysis; Inclined loading; Load interaction diagram; Sloping ground; Upper bound analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INCLINED LOADING; LOAD INTERACTION; SLOPING GROUND; UPPER BOUND ANALYSIS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTING; GEOMETRY; LOADING; PLASTICITY; SLOPE; SOIL PROPERTY; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 76549128407     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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