Khatri, Vishwas N and Kumar, Jyant (2009) Bearing capacity factor N-c under phi=0 condition for piles in clays. In: International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics, 33 (9). pp. 1203-1225.
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Abstract
Bearing capacity factor N-c for axially loaded piles in clays whose cohesion increases linearly with depth has been estimated numerically under undrained (phi=0) condition. The Study follows the lower bound limit analysis in conjunction With finite elements and linear programming. A new formulation is proposed for solving an axisymmetric geotechnical stability problem. The variation of N-c with embedment ratio is obtained for several rates of the increase of soil cohesion with depth; a special case is also examined when the pile base was placed on the stiff clay stratum overlaid by a soft clay layer. It was noticed that the magnitude of N-c reaches almost a constant value for embedment ratio greater than unity. The roughness of the pile base and shaft affects marginally the magnitudes of N-c. The results obtained from the present study are found to compare quite well with the different numerical solutions reported in the literature.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics |
Publisher: | John wiley |
Additional Information: | Copyright for this article belongs John wiley. |
Keywords: | axisymmetry; bearing capacity; limit analysis;optimization; pile foundation;plasticity |
Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2009 10:28 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 05:37 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/21474 |
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