Bearing capacity of shallow foundations in transversely isotropic granular media

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 771-793

  Azami, A ^a   Pietruszczak, S ^a   Guo, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bearing capacity; Localization

Indexed keywords

CRUSHED LIMESTONE; DEFORMATION AND STRENGTH; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTIONAL MATERIALS; GRANULAR MEDIA; INHERENT ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; SMALL-SCALE MODELS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FOUNDATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR TEST; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 77953521578     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.827     Document Type: Article

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