ANALYSIS OF FOUNDATION BEHAVIOUR USING FINITE LAYER METHODS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

Traditional methods of numerical analysis, such as finite element and finite difference techniques, require large amounts of computer storage, and for problems involving three dimensions, storage as well as computation time and data preparation time become excessive. For many problems in soil mechanics, where the soil is horizontally layered, finite layer methods may be used. Examples of the application of the method to a number of different two and three dimensional problems are given to illustrate its simplicity and efficiency. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • BOOKER, J R
  • Small, J C
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 725-728
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Foundation soils; Layered soils; Soil mechanics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Finite layer method
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil behavior
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466279
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM