Abstract: The static and seismic bearing capacity problem of shallow strip footings is investigated. Two kinematically admissible failure mechanisms M1 and M2 are considered in the framework of the upper-bound method of the limit ...

Abstract: The 3D passive earth pressure problem is investigated by the upper-bound method in limit analysis. Three kinematically admissible failure mechanisms referred to as

Abstract: A probabilistic analysis of the face stability of a tunnel driven by a compressed-air pressurized shield is presented. The collocation-based stochastic response surface methodology (CSRSM) is used. The deterministic model ...

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to determine the face collapse pressure of a circular tunnel driven by a pressurized shield. The analysis is performed in the framework of the kinematical approach of limit analysis theory. It is ...

Abstract: A probabilistic analysis of a shallow circular tunnel driven by a pressurized shield in a frictional and/or cohesive soil is presented. Both the ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit state (SLS) are considered ...

Abstract: This paper presents a reliability-based approach for the three-dimensional analysis and design of the face stability of a shallow circular tunnel driven by a pressurized shield. Both the collapse and the blow-out failure ...

Abstract: A reliability-based analysis of a strip foundation subjected to a central vertical load is presented. Both the ultimate and the serviceability limit states are considered. Two deterministic models based on numerical ...