Numerical analysis of passive earth pressures with interfaces

Shiau, Jim S. and Smith, Catherine A. (2006) Numerical analysis of passive earth pressures with interfaces. In: III European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 2006), 5-8 June 2006, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Abstract

[Abstract]: Elasto-plastic analysis for classical lateral earth pressures is presented in this paper using the explicit finite difference method of FLAC. The developed numerical model consists of a rigid structure for the gravity wall, a zero thickness interface for modelling the sliding and separation between the wall and the backfill soil, and a Mohr-Coulomb soil model for the backfill. The rigid wall was pushed into the backfill soil to induce passive failure and the ultimate load required for the failure is calculated. Numerical results are compared with other available solutions and numerical difficulties experienced in the analyses are discussed.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (DEST Category E) (Paper)
Additional Information:	Author's version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	earth rpessures; numerical analysis; interfaces
Fields of Research (FOR2008):	09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090501 Civil Geotechnical Engineering 09 Engineering > 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy > 091402 Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering
Subjects:	290000 Engineering and Technology > 290800 Civil Engineering > 290805 Geotechnical Engineering
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008):	UNSPECIFIED
ID Code:	1384
Deposited By:	Dr Jim Shiau
Deposited On:	30 Jun 2008 09:48
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2009 11:03

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