<p>The design of retaining walls requires the complete knowledge of the earth pressure distribution behind the wall. Due to the complex soil-structure effect, the estimation of earth pressure is not an easy task; even in the static case. The problem becomes ...

<p>Using FEM for geotechnical design of constructions with high impact of the soil &ndash; structure interaction is a common practice. However, for obtaining results close to the real behavior of the analyzed structures it is required to use complex constitutive ...

The present study concerns analysis of the seismic response of earth dams. The behaviour of both the shell and core of the dam is described using the simple and popular non associated Mohr-Coulomb criterion. The use of this constitutive model is justified ...

<p>This document outlines the capabilities of the finite element method in the analysis of slope stability problems. The manuscript describes the constitutive laws of material behavior such as the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, and material properties input ...

The bearing capacity of square and rectangular shallow footings is typically<br>calculated using semi-empirical modifications of a strict solution to a strip footing over a weightless half-space. Two other approaches are presented in this paper for solving ...

<p>Many geotechnical engineers who apply Coulomb's equation (1) in plastic limit calculatlons are not aware that Coulomb stated that newly disturbed soil has no cohesion, Values of cohesion c and friction &lt;&phi;&gt; used by geotechnical engineers for undisturbed ...