<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Bearing capacity of the working platform for heavy tracks was analysed using Distinct Layout Optimization (DLO) method. The platform layer constructed from cohesionless soils is resting on weak cohesive subgrade. Different thickness of the platform, its effective angle of internal friction and undrained shear strength of the soft soil were taken into consideration. Kinematic method permits different failure mechanisms to be analyzed. Margin of safety for a given load and subsoil conditions was determined using two approaches: increasing the load or decreasing the shear strength up to failure. The results were compared with solution proposed in BRE recommendations.</p></abstract>

Bearing capacity of the working platform for heavy tracks was analysed using Distinct Layout Optimization (DLO) method. The platform layer constructed from cohesionless soils is resting on weak cohesive subgrade. Different thickness of the platform, its effective angle of internal friction and undrained shear strength of the soft soil were taken into consideration. Kinematic method permits different failure mechanisms to be analyzed. Margin of safety for a given load and subsoil conditions was determined using two approaches: increasing the load or decreasing the shear strength up to failure. The results were compared with solution proposed in BRE recommendations.

Bearing Capacity of the Working Platform with Kinematic Method

University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk, Poland

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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Bearing capacity of the working platform for heavy tracks was analysed using Distinct Layout Optimization (DLO) method. The platform layer constructed from...

Bearing Capacity of the Working Platform with Kinematic Method

Published Online: Mar 27, 2015

Page range: 3 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0001

Keywords
soft soil, undrained shear strength, limit state, failure mechanism

© by Katarzyna Białek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Bearing Capacity of the Working Platform with Kinematic Method

Published Online: Mar 27, 2015

Page range: 3 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sgem-2015-0001

Keywordssoft soil, undrained shear strength, limit state, failure mechanism

© by Katarzyna Białek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
soft soil, undrained shear strength, limit state, failure mechanism