Ring foundations are widely used to support various types of offshore structures because of
the cost-effective reason. Unlike the traditional circular foundations, very few studies were …

In this paper, a thorough numerical study is conducted to rigorously evaluate the lateral
earth pressures exerted on the retaining walls backfilled with geosynthetic-reinforced soil …

The safety assessment of tunnel stability is critical to tunnel construction and requires
accurate analysis to obtain a reliable prediction. Strength anisotropy is an important aspect …

This paper aims at analyzing the active and passive lateral earth pressures exerted on
retaining walls due to the anisotropic medium of dry and noncohesive backfill subjected to …

Despite a large number of studies on the active failure of trapdoors conducted in the
literature, there are very limited studies examining the combined influences of undrained …

In this paper, novel stability solutions of unsupported conical slopes in anisotropic clays are
presented by using the lower bound and upper bound finite element limit analyses under an …

This paper aims at studying the active and passive earth pressures on the retaining
structures having an unsaturated backfill. To this end, the well-established lower bound limit …

Soil is a cross anisotropic particulate medium with different strengths in various directions;
this is primarily due to its geological deposition process and the very fact that particles …

In general, the undrained strength anisotropy of clays is found in nature. Its effect on a
stability problem during undrained loading should be considered in order to get a more …

ABSTRACT A spudcan is one of the foundation systems widely used to support the load
transferred from a jack-up platform for most offshore drilling operations. The spudcan is an …