Limit analysis of anchored-concrete soldier-piles in clay under vertical loading

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

António Silva Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Nuno M. da Costa Guerra (Author) Other; Armando N. Antão (Author) Other; Manuel Matos Fernandes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Vol. 43 No. 5

Pages: 516-530

ISSN: 0008-3674

Publisher: NRC Research Press

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Geotechnics

Other information

DOI: 10.1139/T06-019

Abstract (EN): The vertical stability of anchored concrete soldier-pile walls is highly influenced by the complexity of the interaction between the different parts of the structure, i.e., wall, anchors, and supported soil mass. The problem is analyzed using upper bound limit analysis through published solutions and proposed closed-form equations. A comparison is made between these equations and numerical limit analyses. An estimate of the theoretical minimum pile resistance required to avoid excavation collapse is presented. Published finite element elastoplastic results are used for comparison. © 2006 NRC Canada.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15