Undrained seismic bearing capacity of strip footing placed on homogeneous and heterogeneous soil slopes by finite element limit analysis, By Amin Keshavarz

Research

Title	Undrained seismic bearing capacity of strip footing placed on homogeneous and heterogeneous soil slopes by finite element limit analysis
Type	Article
Keywords	Finite element limit analysis,Undrained bearing capacity,Heterogeneous soil slope,Seismic bearing capacity,Strip footing
Journal	COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
DOI	10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103094
Researchers	Amin Keshavarz (First researcher) , Majid Beygi (Second researcher) , Ramin Vali (Third researcher)

Abstract

In this paper, undrained seismic bearing capacity of a strip footing placed on a slope in both homogeneous and heterogeneous soils is investigated using the lower and upper bounds of finite element limit analysis. Effective parameters on the bearing capacity and failure patterns are examined. Design charts and tables are provided to evaluate undrained seismic bearing capacity of slopes as a function of dimensionless parameters. The results of the present study are compared with other solutions.