Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings

In this research, the variation of ultimate bearing capacity, failure mechanism and deformation pattern of soil beneath two closely square footings have been studied using numerical methods. It is assumed that the adjacent footings are constructed on the surface of sand. The presented numerical anal...

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Main Authors: Arash Alimardani Lavasan, Mahmoud Ghazavi
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Language:English
Published: K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2014-10-01
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Online Access:https://nmce.kntu.ac.ir/article_160408_0050cc9678d9ed3b961fda70be4ca215.pdf
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description In this research, the variation of ultimate bearing capacity, failure mechanism and deformation pattern of soil beneath two closely square footings have been studied using numerical methods. It is assumed that the adjacent footings are constructed on the surface of sand. The presented numerical analyses are based on explicit-finite-difference code, FLAC3D. The elasto-plastic behavior of soil is modeled by using Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria along with associated flow rule for the soil. The reliability of constructed numerical simulation is investigated using available data on interfering footings. In addition, a large scale test is performed on two closely spaced square footings. Failure mechanism and deformation pattern are compared with the results obtained from numerical data. A pretty well agreement is observed between numerical and experimental results. The numerical analyses have shown a significant influence of interference on the failure mechanism and deformation pattern of the soil as well as the footing ultimate bearing capacity.
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spelling doaj-art-2a14e10949154a61b66befafcb252a4f2024-12-20T08:37:03ZengK. N. Toosi University of TechnologyNumerical Methods in Civil Engineering2345-42962783-39412014-10-0112485610.29252/nmce.1.2.48160408Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footingsArash Alimardani Lavasan0Mahmoud Ghazavi1PhD , Civil Engineering Department , K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran IranProfessor, Civil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.In this research, the variation of ultimate bearing capacity, failure mechanism and deformation pattern of soil beneath two closely square footings have been studied using numerical methods. It is assumed that the adjacent footings are constructed on the surface of sand. The presented numerical analyses are based on explicit-finite-difference code, FLAC3D. The elasto-plastic behavior of soil is modeled by using Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria along with associated flow rule for the soil. The reliability of constructed numerical simulation is investigated using available data on interfering footings. In addition, a large scale test is performed on two closely spaced square footings. Failure mechanism and deformation pattern are compared with the results obtained from numerical data. A pretty well agreement is observed between numerical and experimental results. The numerical analyses have shown a significant influence of interference on the failure mechanism and deformation pattern of the soil as well as the footing ultimate bearing capacity.https://nmce.kntu.ac.ir/article_160408_0050cc9678d9ed3b961fda70be4ca215.pdffooting interferencefailure mechanismdeformation patternultimate bearing capacitysquare footingfinite difference methodflac 3d
spellingShingle Arash Alimardani Lavasan
Mahmoud Ghazavi
Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering
footing interference
failure mechanism
deformation pattern
ultimate bearing capacity
square footing
finite difference method
flac 3d
title Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
title_full Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
title_fullStr Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
title_full_unstemmed Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
title_short Failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
title_sort failure mechanism and soil deformation pattern of soil beneath interfering square footings
topic footing interference
failure mechanism
deformation pattern
ultimate bearing capacity
square footing
finite difference method
flac 3d
url https://nmce.kntu.ac.ir/article_160408_0050cc9678d9ed3b961fda70be4ca215.pdf
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