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Spatial foundation structures over no tension soil
Author(s) -
Baratta A.,
Corbi I.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/nag.464
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , tension (geology) , geotechnical engineering , point (geometry) , stress (linguistics) , structural engineering , compression (physics) , ultimate tensile strength , soil structure interaction , engineering , finite element method , mathematics , materials science , geometry , composite material , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
The problem of the stress distribution induced in the soil by a single circular foundation structure is approached in a three‐dimensional analysis. Since the soil is typically made by not‐cohesive materials, its behaviour is modelled by means of the not resisting tension (NRT) hypothesis, thus assuming that its very low resistance to tensile stresses can be completely neglected and that it keeps linearly elastic under pure compression. After developing the problem from a theoretical point of view on the basis of an energetic approach, a numerical application—which is able to reproduce the stress distribution induced by a circular foundation on the soil—is performed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.