FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CENTRIFUGED AND BUILT-UP SLOPES

Initial stress finite element methods are applied to the analysis of slopes made of soil. The particular conditions considered apply to short-term loadings during which a significant proportion of the slope remains undrained, and a angle of shearing resistance (undrained) = 0 failure analysis would be appropriate. It is shown that the computations can incorporate a failure criterion which agrees well with that traditionally used in soil mechanics. The behaviour of many idealized slopes and of two embankment dams is predicted under two different loading conditions: that which applies during sequential construction in the field contrasted with that which applies during testing in the centrifuge laboratory. /Author/TRRL/

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  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • Smith, I M
  • Hobbs, R
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 531-559
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centrifugal force; Drainage; Embankments; Failure; Finite element method; Forecasting; Loads; Slopes; Soils; Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• ITRD Terms: 5404: Centrifugal force; 2937: Drainage; 5520: Failure; 6490: Finite element method; 5567: Load; 2831: Slope (terrain); 4156: Soil; 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125128
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM