Abstract: Large deformation finite element analyses have been performed to simulate the installation of offshore skirted foundations in clay with different strength heterogeneity. The influences of loading rate and remolding during ...

Abstract: In this paper, the keying of strip anchors in clay has been studied by employing a large deformation finite-element methodology coupled with a soil constitutive model that takes strain rate and soil remolding into ...

Abstract: Research indicates the presence of in situ structure of soil skeleton in several natural deposits of clay. However, the effect of such in situ structure and its evolution during loading are rarely accounted for in solution ...

Abstract: Fall cone tests provide simple and rapid estimate of undrained shear strength (su) of fine-grained soils at various water contents. The accuracy of such su estimation depends greatly on the selection of a fall cone factor ...

Abstract: Finite element analyses are performed to investigate the influence of layered clays on the undrained response of embedded strip footings under uniaxial and combined loading. A fully bonded footing–soil interface was ...