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 …

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 …

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 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 …

New numerical analyses of the vertical uplift capacity of circular anchors embedded in
anisotropic and non-homogenous clay are presented in this paper. These analyses are …

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 …

The undrained bearing capacity of shallow circular piles in non‐homogeneous and
anisotropic clay is investigated by the lower bound (LB) finite element limit analysis (FELA) …

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

This paper aims to assess the lateral limit load (H) of a pile embedded in cross-anisotropic
clay deposits by a three-dimensional (3D) finite-element lower bound theorem in association …