This paper describes recent advances in stability analysis that combine the limit theorems of
classical plasticity with finite elements to give rigorous upper and lower bounds on the …

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 need of accurately reproducing the behaviour of elastoplastic materials in
computational environments for the solution of engineering problems motivates the …

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 …

A new three-dimensional slope stability analysis method based on stress calculation by the
finite element method is proposed. This method conforms to the uniform assumption of the …

This paper presents a numerical model for the evaluation of the active and passive seismic
earth pressure coefficients against the retaining structures subjected to pseudo-dynamic …

In this paper, the formulation of the lower bound limit analysis of an anisotropic undrained
strength criterion using second‐order cone programming is described. The finite element …

Solutions for the undrained stability of unsupported excavations are important in practice as
they can be used for assessing the safety of temporary excavations associated with various …

In this paper, a detailed numerical study is conducted to evaluate the lateral earth pressure
acting on geosynthetic-reinforced retaining walls with an anisotropic granular backfill …

This paper describes a formulation of second-order cone programming for three-
dimensional lower bound finite element limit analysis considering a cross-anisotropic …