Effect of soil variability on the bearing capacity of clay and in slope stability problems

Srivastava, Amit and Babu, Sivakumar GL (2009) Effect of soil variability on the bearing capacity of clay and in slope stability problems. In: Engineering Geology, 108 (1-2). pp. 142-152.

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Abstract

Site-specific geotechnical data are always random and variable in space. In the present study, a procedure for quantifying the variability in geotechnical characterization and design parameters is discussed using the site-specific cone tip resistance data (qc) obtained from static cone penetration test (SCPT). The parameters for the spatial variability modeling of geotechnical parameters i.e. (i) existing trend function in the in situ qc data; (ii) second moment statistics i.e. analysis of mean, variance, and auto-correlation structure of the soil strength and stiffness parameters; and (iii) inputs from the spatial correlation analysis, are utilized in the numerical modeling procedures using the finite difference numerical code FLAC 5.0. The influence of consideration of spatially variable soil parameters on the reliability-based geotechnical deign is studied for the two cases i.e. (a) bearing capacity analysis of a shallow foundation resting on a clayey soil, and (b) analysis of stability and deformation pattern of a cohesive-frictional soil slope. The study highlights the procedure for conducting a site-specific study using field test data such as SCPT in geotechnical analysis and demonstrates that a few additional computations involving soil variability provide a better insight into the role of variability in designs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Engineering Geology
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Random;Spatial;Auto-correlation;Trend;Probabilistic;Numerical.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2009 08:22
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2019 11:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24833

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