Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay
A ring foundation is widely used in bridges, water towers, caissons, and other engineering structures, and its ultimate bearing capacity is one of the significant concerns in engineering design. This paper is aimed at exploring the ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations embedded in undrained...
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| description | A ring foundation is widely used in bridges, water towers, caissons, and other engineering structures, and its ultimate bearing capacity is one of the significant concerns in engineering design. This paper is aimed at exploring the ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations embedded in undrained clay. Based on the finite element limit analysis, effects of the inside-to-outside radius ratio, embedment depth ratio, cutting face inclination angle, and face roughness on the vertical ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations are investigated. The results show that the ultimate bearing capacity of the ring foundation increases gradually with the embedment depth ratio. When the embedment depth ratio D/B reaches a critical value, the bearing capacity tends to be stable, and the critical embedment depth ratio is affected by the inside-to-outside radius ratio of the ring foundation, varying from 0.2 to 0.4. The ultimate bearing capacity of the ring foundation decreases with cutting face inclination angle β. When β≤40°, the ultimate bearing capacity tends to be stable, and the bearing capacity is reduced by approximately 30%. The influence of the cutting face inclination angle on the bearing capacity is highly dependent on the roughness of the cutting face. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-40bdf94017474879accd36ecc62de4022025-02-03T06:04:49ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81232022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6382799Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous ClayAn-hui Wang0Yan-fang Zhang1Fan Xia2Ru-ping Luo3Ning Wang4China Construction Industrial & Energy Engineering Group Co.China Construction Industrial & Energy Engineering Group Co.China Construction Industrial & Energy Engineering Group Co.School of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureSchool of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureA ring foundation is widely used in bridges, water towers, caissons, and other engineering structures, and its ultimate bearing capacity is one of the significant concerns in engineering design. This paper is aimed at exploring the ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations embedded in undrained clay. Based on the finite element limit analysis, effects of the inside-to-outside radius ratio, embedment depth ratio, cutting face inclination angle, and face roughness on the vertical ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations are investigated. The results show that the ultimate bearing capacity of the ring foundation increases gradually with the embedment depth ratio. When the embedment depth ratio D/B reaches a critical value, the bearing capacity tends to be stable, and the critical embedment depth ratio is affected by the inside-to-outside radius ratio of the ring foundation, varying from 0.2 to 0.4. The ultimate bearing capacity of the ring foundation decreases with cutting face inclination angle β. When β≤40°, the ultimate bearing capacity tends to be stable, and the bearing capacity is reduced by approximately 30%. The influence of the cutting face inclination angle on the bearing capacity is highly dependent on the roughness of the cutting face.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6382799 |
| spellingShingle | An-hui Wang Yan-fang Zhang Fan Xia Ru-ping Luo Ning Wang Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay Geofluids |
| title | Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay |
| title_full | Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay |
| title_fullStr | Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay |
| title_short | Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay |
| title_sort | ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations embedded in undrained homogeneous clay |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6382799 |
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