Simulation of direct shear tests on rooted and non-rooted soil using finite element analysis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1523-1532

  Mickovski, Slobodan B ^a   Stokes, Alexia ^b   van Beek, Rens ^c   Ghestem, Murielle ^b   Fourcaud, Thierry ^b  

^a Jacobs UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effective cohesion; Internal friction angle; Root reinforcement; Slope stability; Tensile strength; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; DIRECT SHEAR; DIRECT SHEAR BOX TEST; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; EFFECTIVE COHESION; FE ANALYSIS; FE METHOD; FE-SIMULATION; IN-FIELD; IN-SITU TEST; INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; LINEAR ELASTIC; MATERIAL PROPERTY; REAL ROOTS; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT MATERIAL; ROOT REINFORCEMENT; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; STRENGTH ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; TANKERS (SHIPS); TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

SOIL TESTING;

COHESION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRICTION; IN SITU TEST; OVERTURN; ROOT SYSTEM; SHEAR TEST; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL TEST; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79960394671     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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