35 2

2013 .10

Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Vol.35 Supp.2
Oct. 2013

(1. 7100482. 710049)

FLAC
NcNq N Prandtl Terzaghi

TU431

10004548(2013)S2025306

(1980 )
E-mail: mzy_gogo@hotmail.com

Numerical solution for bearing capacity of strip footing considering influence

of intermediate principal stress
MA Zong-yuan1, DANG Fa-ning1, LIAO Hong-jian2
(1. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China; 2. Department of Civil
Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China)

Abstract: The bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and N of strip footing are calculated using a two-dimensional explicit finite
difference code FLAC with twin shear unified strength theory. The bearing capacity formulae by Prandtl and Terzaghi are used
to compare with the numerical solutions. The solutions of analytical and numerical methods are correspondent when the
influence of the intermediate principal stress is neglected. The difference between the analytical and numerical methods is
related to the dilation, and the influence of the intermediate principal stress on the bearing capacity of strip footing is concerned
with the friction angle.
Key words: strip footing; intermediate principal stress; bearing capacity; analytical method; numerical method

[8]

[1]

[12-13]

[2][3]

Mohr-Coulomb [1-7] Mohr-

Coulomb

FLAC fast

[8]

Lagrangian analysis of continua

[14] Prandtl Terzaghi

Zienkiewicz-Pande[9]Lade-Duncan[10]

[11]

Matsuoka-Nakai

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1.1

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Prandtl

[2]
qu cN c qN q
(1)
c q
Nc Nq
1 sin

N c cot
exp tan 1
1

sin

Nq

1 sin
exp tan
1 sin

(2)

Terzaghi
NcNq N [1]

N c N q 1 cot

3p
tan

e 2

(3)
Nq

2 cos

4 2

N 1.8 N q 1 tan
Meyerhof[15] Hansen[16]
N
Michaowski[17]

Meyerhof[15] Hansen[16]Martin[18]

Meyerhof[15] Hansen[16]
1.2
Frydman [4]

Loukidis [5]/

=0
Yin [6]

Sloan [7]

[7]

2.1

[4-5]
N c qu c
( q 0)

( c 0)
(4)
N q qu q

N 2 qu w ( q c 0)
Nc q
qu c
Nc Nq
c qu q
Nq N c
q qu
w/2 N

[4-6]
E=240.0 MPa =0.2
c=10.0 kPa
1 w 10 m

110 7
m/step
110 3
[14]

FLAC fish

2
FLAC Mohr-Coulomb

3
Mohr-Coulomb NcNq N

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m
m 0.5[12-13]
[8]
b 2 3

2c
1 sin
1 sin
1
3
2
f (1 b) N 1

2
2

f 3 1 b 2 2c 1 sin 1 sin
2
1
3

N
1 b
2
2

(6)
N=(1+sin)/(1-sin)
56
1 3
3
cunit cos unit 1
sin unit
(7)
2
2
2cos 1 b c
cunit
unit arcsin
cos unit 2 b 1 sin
b 1 2m sin 2 b 2bm

2 b 1 sin

1
Fig. 1 Meshes with boundary conditions for analysis

2 Mohr-Coulomb
Fig. 2 Load-vertical displacement curves for rough footing and
.associated flow rule for Mohr-Coulomb criterion

7Mohr-Coulomb
cunit unit

m
0.5cunit unit

Prandtl
NcNq[8]
1 sin unit

Nc cot unit
exp tan unit 1 (8)
1

sin

unit

1 sin unit
Nq
exp tan unit
(9)
1 sin unit
Terzaghi
N

3 Mohr-Coulomb
Fig. 3 Values of bearing capacity factors according to numerical
.and analytical methods

2.2

2 m( 1 3 )

(5)

exp unit tan unit

2
1 tan (10)
N 1.8

unit

2 cos2

4 2

NcNqN

[19]Nc
NqN46Nc
NqPrandtlN
Terzaghi
4FLAC
m=0.5
5m=0.25

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6m=[cos(3 /2)]/2

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m0.5

4 m=0.5
.
Fig. 4 Values of bearing capacity factors according to numerical
.and analytical methods (m=0.5)

Mohr-Coulomb
NcNqN

NcNqN
m=0.5
m0.5

m0.5

5 m=0.25
.
Fig. 5 Values of bearing capacity factors according to numerical
.and analytical methods (m=0.25)

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