Journal
SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 37-45Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2013.10.002
Keywords
Nonlinear soil-structure interaction; Seismic analysis; Pseudo-static analysis; Foundations; Rocking; Slopes
Funding
- European Research Council (ERC) [ERC-2-9-AdG228254-DARE]
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The paper demonstrates that whereas often in seismic geotechnical design it is not realistically feasible to design with ample factor of safety against failure as is done in static design, an engineering apparent seismic factor of safety less than 1 does not imply failure. Examples from slope stability and foundation rocking illustrate the concept. It is also shown that in many cases it may be beneficial to under-design the foundation by accepting substantial uplifting and/or full mobilization of bearing capacity failure mechanisms. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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