Soil-Structure Interaction: Numerical Analysis and Modelling

by Bull; JOHN W

• ISBN13: 9780419190707
• ISBN10: 0419190708
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-03-09
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This book describes how a number of different methods of analysis and modelling, including the boundary element method, the finite element method, and a range of classical methods, are used to answer some of the questions associated with soil-structure interaction.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of contributors

Caverns

Seismic response of deep underground openings

Nuclear waste disposal in a clay formation: field experiments and numerical modelling

Stability analysis for liquid propane gas (LPG) storage

Dams

Dynamic analysis of embankment dams

Dynamic response of arch dams with foundation interaction

Earthquake response of dams

Embankments

The analysis and design of reinforced embankments on soft or weak foundations

Reinforced slopes and embankments

Excavations

Finite element analysis of support excavations

Mining Subsidence

Numerical modelling for tunnel and mine design

The prediction of surface subsidence due to mining using the finite element method

Pavements

The interaction between precast concrete raft unit pavements and their soil support

Piles

Vibration of pile foundations

Pipelines

The effect of ground movement on pipelines

The effect of traffic loading on buried pipes

Numerical seismic analysis and modelling of buried pipelines

Retaining Walls

Analysis of retaining walls using the hyperbolic model

Tunnels

Ground surface settlement due to shield tunnelling

Numerical analysis of borehole stability problem

Index

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