Natural soil deposits always exhibit strength anisotropy in some degree
however
few slope stability analyses by finite element method have considered the effect of anisotropy until now. Here the variation of soil cohesion with direction of main principal stress was linked into the material library of commercial finite element package ABAQUS
and the shear strength on every integration point was updated dynamically in increment-iteration calculations. Furthermore
the finite element method for anisotropic slope was developed with searching automatically for the factor of stability. Based on numerical simulations performed
it is observed the finite element results are close to that from upper bound limit analyses for homogenous slopes. If soil anisotropy is omitted and the strength from triaxial compression tests is used to evaluate slope stability
it tends to overestimate the safety factors of gentle slopes
especially when the value of cohesion in vertical direction is great. Finite element model with updating strength owns advantage over limit analyses in studying layered slopes.
Effect of element order on strength reduction finite element method
Simplified calculation methods for lateral earth resistance on piles and stability of the inverse T type breakwater with jackets and pile foundations
Strength reduction of limit analysis finite element method for pile foundation by two reduction-factors
Analyses of bearing capacity of pipe pile foundation in inhomogeneous and anisotropic soft ground
Stability analysis of pile-stabilized slopes considering both nonhomogeneity and anisotropy of soil strength using upper bound method of limit analysis
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LI Cui-hua
JIANG Qing-hui
ZHOU Chuang-bing
ZHANG Lian-li
WANG Yuan-zhan
SHANG Dan
DONG Tian-wen ZHENG Ying-ren
FAN Qing-lai
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School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Wuhan University
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