Shallow foundations: combined loading

2005 ◽  
pp. 487-534
2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 639-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tolga Yilmaz ◽  
B. Sadik Bakir

Under seismically induced loading, shallow foundations commonly fail by overturning on saturated soils. While the excess pore pressures may have fully dissipated following construction, undrained conditions are typically presumed in the assessment of seismic capacity in conventional applications due to the high rates of loading induced during an earthquake. Undrained strength, however, can be critically dependent on the history of loading and significantly heterogeneous and anisotropic around a foundation. The finite element method is utilized in this study for a proper assessment of the impact of these factors on the overturning moment capacity of surficial foundations on saturated soils, with specific emphasis on failure under seismic loading. Uplift capability has been incorporated into the models and analyses have been conducted for different drainage conditions. Based on the analyses results and comparisons with analytical formulae, it is concluded that the assumption of homogeneous soil strength as well as the disregard of stress path followed can lead to significant overestimation of the overturning moment capacity. The proposed improved approach comprises calculation of the overturning moment capacity based on drained soil behavior and subsequent application of an undrained behavior reduction factor (URF) compatible with the representative pore-pressure parameter A.


2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1267-1273
Author(s):  
Valeriu V. Jinescu ◽  
Angela Chelu ◽  
Gheorghe Zecheru ◽  
Alexandru Pupazescu ◽  
Teodor Sima ◽  
...  

In the paper the interaction of several loads like pressure, axial force, bending moment and torsional moment are analyzed, taking into account the deterioration due to cracks and the influence of residual stresses. A nonlinear, power law, of structure material is considered. General relationships for total participation of specific energies introduced in the structure by the loads, as well as for the critical participation have been proposed. On these bases: - a new strength calculation methods was developed; � strength of tubular cracked structures and of cracked tubular junction subjected to combined loading and strength were analyzed. Relationships for critical state have been proposed, based on dimensionless variables. These theoretical results fit with experimental date reported in literature. On the other side stress concentration coefficients were defined. Our one experiments onto a model of a pipe with two opposite nozzles have been achieved. Near one of the nozzles is a crack on the run pipe. Trough the experiments the state of stress have been obtained near the tubular junction, near the tip of the crack and far from the stress concentration points. On this basis the stress concentration coefficients were calculated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 220-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbasali TaghaviGhalesari ◽  
Mohammadreza Khaleghnejad Tabari ◽  
Asskar Janalizadeh Choobbasti ◽  
Nima EsmaeilpourShirvani
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