Front Cover; Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Slip-line method and limit equilibrium method; 1.3. Limit analysis method; 1.4. A brief historical account of soil plasticity; Chapter 2. The assumptions and theorems used in limit analysis; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2. Perfectly plastic assumption and Coulomb yield criterion; 2.3. The kinematic assumption on soil deformations and the concept of flow rule; 2.4. The assumption of small change in geometry and the equation of virtual work

2.5. Theorems of limit analysis2.6. Limit theorems for materials with non-associated flow rules; Chapter 3. Limit analysis by the upper-bound method; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Rigid block sliding separated by narrow transition layer; 3.3. Intermixing of homogeneous deforming regions and rigid block sliding; 3.4. Intermixing of inhomogeneous deforming regions and rigid block sliding; 3.5. Evaluation of the minimum solution for an assumed mechanism; 3.6. The dissipation functions; Chapter 4. Limit analysis by the lower-bound method; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Mohr's diagram and basic relations

4.3. Discontinuities in the stresses4.4. Jump conditions at a discontinuity surface of Tresca material; 4.5. Jump conditions at a discontinuity surface of Coulomb material; 4.6. Discontinuous fields of stress viewed as pin-connected trusses - Tresca material; 4.7. Discontinuous fields of stress viewed as pin-connected trusses - Coulomb materials; 4.8. Graphical construction of discontinuous stress fields; 4.9. Combined method for solving the problems involving overlapping of discontinuous stress fields; Chapter 5. Progressive failure of footings; 5.1. Introduction

5.2. Plane strain notched tensile specimen (Von Mises material)5.3. Plain strain punch indentation of rectangular blocks (Von Mises material); 5.4. Uniform strip load on a shallow stratum of undrained clay (Von Mises material); 5.5. Rigid strip footing on an elastic stratum; 5.6. Rigid strip footing on an overconsolidated stratum of insensitive clay (extended Von Mises material); 5.7. Rigid strip footing on a stratum of undrained clay (Von Mises material); 5.8. Rigid circular punch on an elastic-plastic strain hardening layer (isotropic hardening Von Mises material)

5.9. A brief historical sketch5.10. Summary and conclusions; Chapter 6. Bearing capacity of strip footings; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Limit analysis, slip-line and limit equilibrium methods; 6.3. Soil governing parameters; 6.4. Bearing capacity of a strip footing on a general c-Ï-Îđ soil; 6.5. Bearing capacity of a strip footing on cohesionless soils (NÎđ factor); 6.6. Bearing capacity of a strip footing on A c - Ï weightless soil (Nc and Nq factors); 6.7. Bearing capacity determination by slip-line method; 6.8. Bearing capacity of footings on nonhomogeneous anisotropic soils

6.9. Summary and conclusions

Limit Analysis and Soil Plasticity

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