Limit Analysis in Soil Mechanics

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ISBN: 9780444430427 | 0444430423
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/1/1991

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Introduction
A short historical review of soil plasticity
Idealized stress-strain relations for soil
Limit analysis for collapse load
Finite-element analysis for progressive failure behavior of soil mass
Basic Concepts Of Limit Analysis
The perfectly plastic assumption and yield criterion
The kinematic assumption on soil deformations and flow rule
The stability postilate of Drucker
Restrictions imposed by Drucker's stability postulate - convexity and normality
The assumption of small change in geometry and the equation of virual work
Theorems of limit analysis
Limit theorems for materials with non-associated flow rules
The upper-bound method
The lower-bound method
Validity of Limit Analysis in Application to Soils
Soil - a multiphase material
Mechanical behavior of soils
Soil failure surfaces
Validity of limit analysis in application to soils
Friction-dilation and related energy in cohesionless soils
Effect of friction on the applicability of limit analysis to soils
Some aspects of retaining wall problems and the associated phenomena at failure
Lateral Earth Pressure Problems
Failure mechanism
Energy dissipation
Earth pressure analysis (passive)
Earth pressure analysis (active)
Comparisons and discussions
Some practical aspects
Rigid Retaining Walls Subjected To Earthquake Forces
General considerations
Seismic passive earth pressure analysis
Seismic active earth pressure analysis
Numerical results and discussions
Earth pressure tables for practical use
Seismic earth pressure tables for K a and K p
Appendix B
Some Practical Considerations In Design Of Rigid Retaining Structures
Theoretical considerations of the modified Dubrova method
Some numerical results and discussions of the modified Dubrova method
Evaluation of the modified Dubrova method
Effects of wall movement on lateral earth pressures
Earth pressure theories for design applications in seismic environments
Design recommendations
Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing on Anisotropic and Nonhomogeneous Soils
Analysis
Results and discussions
Earthquake-Induced Slope Failure and Landslides
Failure surface
Determination of the critical height for seismic stability
Special spiral-slope configurations
Calculated results and discussions
Concluding remarks
Seismic Stability of Slopes In Nonhomogeneous, Anisotropic Soils and General Discussions
Log-spiral failure mechanism for a nonhomogeneous and anisotropic slope
Numerical results and discussions
Mechanics of earthquake-induced slope failure
Assessment of Seismic Displacement of Slopes
Failure mechanisms and yield acceleration
Assessment of seismic displacement of slopes
Summary
Plane failure surface
Log-spiral failure surface
Limit analysis during earthquake
Stability Analysis of Slopes With Generalized Failure Criterion
Variational approach in limit analysis and the combined method
Stability analysis of slopes
Layered analysis of embankments
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