Effective shear strengths of isotropic spatially variable soil masses

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Title:	Effective shear strengths of isotropic spatially variable soil masses
Authors:	Ching, J. Phoon, K.-K.
Issue Date:	2011
Citation:	Ching, J.,Phoon, K.-K. (2011). Effective shear strengths of isotropic spatially variable soil masses. Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Analysis, Modeling, and Management - Proceedings of the ICVRAM 2011 and ISUMA 2011 Conferences : 675-682. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1061/41170(400)82
Abstract:	The purpose of this study is to understand the mechanism of the effective shear strength for a soil mass in the presence of spatial variability. Random field finite element analyses are used to simulate spatial average shear strengths and effective (or overall) shear strengths that govern the failure of a soil mass. Based on the simulation results, it is found that the statistics of spatial average strengths can be estimated by Vanmarcke's theory as to be expected. However, the effective shear strength is found to be close to the average shear strength along the actual slip curve, rather than the spatial average shear strength over the entire soil mass. Copyright © ASCE 2011.
Source Title:	Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Analysis, Modeling, and Management - Proceedings of the ICVRAM 2011 and ISUMA 2011 Conferences
URI:	http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/75125
ISBN:	9780784411704
DOI:	10.1061/41170(400)82
Appears in Collections:	Staff Publications

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