FAILURE CRITERIA INTERPRETATION BASED ON MOHR-COULOMB FRICTION

This is a review of the failure criteria that have been proposed as smooth alternatives to Mohr-Coulomb. The surfaces are dealt with in a unified way by expressing them in terms of the equivalent Mohr-Coulomb friction angle. The latter is defined as the angle of friction of the Mohr-Coulomb surface that would pass through the particular point under consideration. This approach enables direct comparisons to be made between different failure criteria using a familiar soil mechanics parameter. It is shown that some criteria can lead to serious over- and under-estimations of the actual strength of soil, whereas others even contain singularities for certain stress paths. Details of the study are described and the conclusions drawn from the study are presented.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Griffiths, D V
• Publication Date: 1990-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 986-999
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 116
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Friction; Strength of materials; Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Failure criterion; Friction angle
• Old TRIS Terms: Mohr-coulomb criterion; Stress path
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495285
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM