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A New Procedure for Simulating Active Lateral Force in Spatially Variable Clay Modeled by Anisotropic Random Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2015

Y.-G. Hu  and
J. Ching
Y.-G. Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
J. Ching*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
*
* Corresponding author (jyching@gmail.com)
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Abstract

A new procedure for simulating the active lateral force (Pa) is proposed for clays with anisotropic spatially variable undrained shear strength (su). With the proposed procedure, the Pa samples can be simulated without the use of the random field finite element method (RFEM). It requires only simple algebraic calculations and chart checking. Two retaining wall examples with isotropic or anisotropic random field are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed procedure.

Keywords

Soil spatial variabilityGeotechnical engineeringActive lateral forceAnisotropic random field

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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2015 , pp. 381 - 390
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2015 

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