Introduction / 1: |
A short historical review of soil plasticity |
Idealized stress-strain relations for soil |
Limit analysis for collapse load |
Finite-element analysis for progressive failure behavior of soil mass |
Basic Concepts Of Limit Analysis / 2: |
The perfectly plastic assumption and yield criterion |
The kinematic assumption on soil deformations and flow rule |
The stability postilate of Drucker |
Restrictions imposed by Drucker's stability postulate - convexity and normality |
The assumption of small change in geometry and the equation of virual work |
Theorems of limit analysis |
Limit theorems for materials with non-associated flow rules |
The upper-bound method |
The lower-bound method |
Validity of Limit Analysis in Application to Soils / 3: |
Soil - a multiphase material |
Mechanical behavior of soils |
Soil failure surfaces |
Validity of limit analysis in application to soils |
Friction-dilation and related energy in cohesionless soils |
Effect of friction on the applicability of limit analysis to soils |
Some aspects of retaining wall problems and the associated phenomena at failure |
Lateral Earth Pressure Problems / 4: |
Failure mechanism |
Energy dissipation |
Earth pressure analysis (passive) |
Earth pressure analysis (active) |
Comparisons and discussions |
Some practical aspects |
Rigid Retaining Walls Subjected To Earthquake Forces / 5: |
General considerations |
Seismic passive earth pressure analysis |
Seismic active earth pressure analysis |
Numerical results and discussions |
Earth pressure tables for practical use |
Seismic earth pressure tables for K a and K p / Appendix A: |
Earth pressure tables for N Ac and N Pc |
Some Practical Considerations In Design Of Rigid Retaining Structures / 6: |
Theoretical considerations of the modified Dubrova method |
Some numerical results and discussions of the modified Dubrova method |
Evaluation of the modified Dubrova method |
Effects of wall movement on lateral earth pressures |
Earth pressure theories for design applications in seismic environments |
Design recommendations |
Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing on Anisotropic and Nonhomogeneous Soils / 7: |
Analysis |
Results and discussions |
Earthquake-Induced Slope Failure and Landslides / 8: |
Failure surface |
Determination of the critical height for seismic stability |
Special spiral-slope configurations |
Calculated results and discussions |
Concluding remarks |
Seismic Stability of Slopes In Nonhomogeneous, Anisotropic Soils and General Discussions / 9: |
Log-spiral failure mechanism for a nonhomogeneous and anisotropic slope |
Mechanics of earthquake-induced slope failure |
Assessment of Seismic Displacement of Slopes / 10: |
Failure mechanisms and yield acceleration |
Assessment of seismic displacement of slopes |
Summary |
Plane failure surface / Appendix 1: |
Log-spiral failure surface / Appendix 2: |
Limit analysis during earthquake / Appendix 3: |
Stability Analysis of Slopes With Generalized Failure Criterion / 11: |
Variational approach in limit analysis and the combined method |
Stability analysis of slopes |
Layered analysis of embankments |
Introduction / 1: |
A short historical review of soil plasticity |
Idealized stress-strain relations for soil |
Limit analysis for collapse load |
Finite-element analysis for progressive failure behavior of soil mass |
Basic Concepts Of Limit Analysis / 2: |