Abstract: A finite element implementation of rapid cycle analysis is described and demonstrated. It forms part of a comprehensive framework for static structural analysis which consists of: linear elastic ...

Abstract: The minimum work and maximum complementary work potentials for both time-independent and time-dependent plasticity are reconsidered from the viewpoint of internal variable theories. It is shown ...

Abstract: The behavior of both flexible and rigid shafts socketed into rock and subjected to lateral loads and moments is studied. Parametric solutions for the load‐displacement relations are generated using the finite element ...

Abstract: A parametric study was undertaken to assess the behavior of buried pipes under uniformly distributed vertical patch loads applied to the surface of a layer of soil. Predictions of the maximum circumferential and longitudinal ...

Abstract: The bearing behavior of footings on layered soils has received significant attention from researchers, but most of the reported studies are limited to footings resting on the surface of the soil and are based on the ...

Abstract: The problem of cavity expansion from zero radius has no characteristic length and therefore possesses a similarity solution, in which the cavity pressure remains constant and the continuing deformation is geometrically ...

Abstract: A theoretical framework to describe the behavior of natural clay is proposed in a new four-dimensional space, consisting of the current stress state, stress history, the current voids ratio, and a measure of the current ...

Abstract: This note presents the results of a study on the variation of the strength of geomaterials. A general isotropic strength criterion is proposed which unifies the peak strength and critical state (or steady state) strength ...