Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand

Benjamin Cerfontaine; Jonathan Knappett; Michael Brown; Aaron S. Bradsaw

doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.01.007

Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand

Benjamin Cerfontaine (Lead / Corresponding author), Jonathan Knappett, Michael Brown, Aaron S. Bradsaw

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Abstract

Most analytical approaches for the design of shallow plate and screw anchors in tension are based on the limit equilibrium of a rigid soil wedge for which a horizontal stress distribution acting on the failure plane is assumed. Finite element analysis for a wide range of soil properties was carried out to identify the shape of the failure mechanism and to study the stress distribution at failure. Results show that soil deformation modifies the stress field around the anchor and increases the uplift capacity. A semi-analytical approach is proposed to describe this stress distribution, based on peak friction angle.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-45
Number of pages	12
Journal	Computers and Geotechnics
Volume	109
Early online date	24 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.01.007
Publication status	Published - May 2019

Keywords

Anchors
Design
Failure mechanism
Finite element analysis
Sand

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Computer Science Applications

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Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand

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