... criterion surface while Nova’s stress–dilatancy relationship is considered as the flow rule. This solution is adapted for non-linear elasticity using separate hyperbolic stress–strain behaviours for the pre- and post-stress reversal phases to account for the post-stress reversal softening as described...

... (george.anoyatis@kuleuven.be) 17 06 2024 23 07 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only addition theorem analytical model axially loaded piles elasticity piles & piling pile-to-pile interaction soil-structure...

... of both commonly used and highly advanced constitutive models. 15 09 2023 21 09 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 constitutive models elasticity numerical analysis plasticity simulation The desire to understand the physical world...

... be considered an extension of the original ‘two-stage’ elastic-continuum method, which traditionally neglects the mutual influence of the pipeline on the tunnel and vice versa. The new approach retains the advantage of using the greenfield condition as an input, but it allows closed-form consideration...

...: elastic deformation. Both particle-scale simulations and continuum analyses are deployed. Analyses based on the discrete-element method (DEM) reveal that, depending on the contact behaviour, anisotropy may emerge even if the topology of the grain contact network is unchanged. The inspection...

... phase velocity of these components as 3 V s 1 = V ph x ¯ / β , x = λ / 2 ≤ h 1 where the bar denotes an average; β is an elastic conversion factor that converts the Rayleigh wave velocity to shear-wave velocity...

...Naman Kantesaria; Ajanta Sachan This experimental study describes the elastic and yielding response of compacted high-plasticity clay in conjunction with deformation characteristics at relatively larger strains for different stress paths and stress states. K₀ consolidated...

..., that delivers computationally efficient estimates of foundation stiffness for caissons installed in homogeneous and non-homogeneous linear elastic soil, for general six degrees-of-freedom loading. OxCaisson is capable of delivering stiffness predictions that are comparable to those computed with three...

... of principal stress axes, caused a degradation up to about 20% of these elastic soil properties. Within 10⁴ to 2 × 10⁴ cycles, the degraded stiffnesses reached a stable value, which was maintained up to at least 8 × 10⁴ cycles. The stiffness degradation was more pronounced...

... f_k or moment m_k (k = 1, 2, 3). 06 01 2019 23 04 2020 © 2020 Thomas Telford Ltd 2020 elasticity footings/foundations offshore engineering soil/structure interaction stiffness The problem of determining the static and dynamic...

...Andrea Franza; Stefan Ritter; Matthew J. Dejong In this paper, the response of buildings to tunnelling-induced ground movements is studied with elastic and elastoplastic continuum solutions that consider the structure as an equivalent simple beam. A comparison is made between these simple solutions...

... determinate and using the complex variable theory in the elastic analysis. It is shown that the biaxial state of initial stresses applies significant influences on the stress distribution around the inner cavity. Under biaxial far-field stresses, the asymptotic conformal mapping function predicts...

... of 300 kPa in all of the tests. Fig. 2. Accessories needed for making a sand specimen anisotropy elasticity sands shear strength Soil elasticity – the constitutive behaviour of soils at small strains (<0·001%) (Burland, 1989 ; Callisto & Rampello, 2002 ; Clayton, 2011...

.... dynamics elasticity laboratory tests sands stiffness It is worth noting, however, that the data in Figs 1(a) and 1(b) cover a range of sands with different size distributions. A careful examination of the database shows that the coefficients of uniformity (C_{u) of these sands vary}...

... variations to those that may be expected based on the type of applied thermal load can develop in piles. design elasticity piles & piling temperature effects Both tests were performed after the building was constructed. Hence, constant superstructure mechanical loads were applied...

... for static analysis of laterally loaded piles is developed, in which the monopile/pile is modelled using the Timoshenko beam theory and the soil as an elastic continuum. A rational soil displacement field is assumed and the differential equations of pile and soil displacements are obtained using calculus...

...B. Simpson A previous generation seems to have ‘known’ that if a linear elastic ‘soil’ with E′_v/E′_h anisotropy is subject to undrained plane strain, the anisotropy is not detectable. This fact has significant consequences for modelling of many undrained...

... of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. deformation design elasticity piles & piling plasticity temperature effects The analysis and assessment...

... δ T 1 = N T 1 N T 2 1 / b δ T 2 − δ 1 + δ 1 Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of proposed model for normal contact interaction © 2016 Thomas Telford Ltd 2016 discrete-element modelling dynamics elasticity...

... permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. design elasticity finite-element modelling in situ testing piles & piling temperature effects Pile groups can be divided into two classes: widely and closely spaced...