Horizontal bearing capacity of tapered bucket foundations based on three-dimensional finite element numerical analysis

doi:10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2012.2.008

Abstract

Abstract:

The bucket foundations by the horizontal load was simulated by means of ABAQUS finite element software, and the results were compared with the model test results. The failure mode of a single tapered bucket foundation by the horizontal load in the saturated soft clay was studied by numerical calculations. On the basis of the numerical calculations with different parameters, we studied the impacts and relative sensitivities of soils’effective unit weight, undrained shear strength, bucket geometry, and loading position on the horizontal bearing capacity of a single tapered bucket foundation in the saturated soft clay.

Key words: tapered bucket foundation, three-dimensional finite element analysis, horizontal bearing capacity, parameters

CLC Number:

P752

XU Wen-Qiang, YUAN Fan-Fan, LI Huo-Bing, WEI Chang-Fu. Horizontal bearing capacity of tapered bucket foundations based on three-dimensional finite element numerical analysis[J]. , 2012, (2): 200-205.

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