Journal
OCEAN ENGINEERING
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108297
Keywords
Bearing capacity; Failure envelope; Spatial variability; Non-stationarity; Random finite element method (RFEM)
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51890912]
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The probabilistic failure envelopes of skirted foundations under VHM loading conditions were investigated in the study, using a combination of RFEM, random field theory, finite element method, and Monte Carlo simulation. The spatial variability of natural soils was discussed with regards to its influence on the stochastic response of bearing capacity in the HM space. Deterministic failure envelopes for skirted foundations are commonly used in stability assessment, but fail to account for the spatial variability of natural soils.
The behaviour of skirted foundations subjected to combined vertical (V), horizontal (H) and moment (M) loading is of particular interest to the geotechnical engineers. The bearing capacity of skirted foundations under combinations of VHM loading is represented by failure envelopes, which is commonly used in its stability assessment. In current studies, failure envelopes for skirted foundations were established deterministically, ignoring the spatial variability of natural soils. The paper aimed to investigate the probabilistic failure envelope of skirted foundations in the presence of soil undrained shear strength linearly increasing with depth. Random finite element method (RFEM) combining with random field theory, finite element method and Monte Carlo simulation was conducted to evaluate the uniaxial bearing capacities and define the HM failure envelopes. The influence of spatial variability on the stochastic response of bearing capacity in the HM space was discussed.
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