This study proposes a framework to evaluate the performance of borehole arrangements for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems under spatially variable soil conditions. Performance measures are introduc...This study proposes a framework to evaluate the performance of borehole arrangements for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems under spatially variable soil conditions. Performance measures are introduced to quantify, for a fixed foundation layout and given soil sounding locations, the variability level of the foundation system bearing capacities in terms of their mean values and standard deviations. To estimate these measures, the recently proposed random failure mechanism method (RFMM) has been adopted and extended to consider any arrangement of rectangular foundations and boreholes. Hence, three-dimensional bearing capacity estimation under spatially variable soil can be efficiently performed. Several numerical examples are presented to illustrate the applicability of the proposed framework, including diverse foundation arrangements and different soil correlation structures. Overall, the proposed framework represents a potentially useful tool to support the design of geotechnical site investigation programs, especially in situations where very limited prior knowledge about the soil properties is available.展开更多
基金support of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange under the Bekker NAWA Programme(Grant No.BPN/BEK/2021/1/00068)which founded the postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Risk and Reliability at Leibniz University Hannover.The first author would also like to thank to Prof.Wengang Zhang and Chongzhi Wu(School of Civil Engineering,Chongqing University)for inspiring discussions initi-ated by High-end Foreign Expert Introduction program(Grant No.DL2021165001L)by the Ministry of Science and Technology(MOST),ChinaThe second author would like to thank the support from ANID(National Agency for Research and Development,Chile)and DAAD(German Academic Exchange Service,Germany)under CONICYT-PFCHA/Doctorado Acuerdo Bilateral DAAD Becas Chile/2018-62180007.The third author gratefully acknowledges the support by ANID under its program FONDECYT(Grant No.1200087).
文摘This study proposes a framework to evaluate the performance of borehole arrangements for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems under spatially variable soil conditions. Performance measures are introduced to quantify, for a fixed foundation layout and given soil sounding locations, the variability level of the foundation system bearing capacities in terms of their mean values and standard deviations. To estimate these measures, the recently proposed random failure mechanism method (RFMM) has been adopted and extended to consider any arrangement of rectangular foundations and boreholes. Hence, three-dimensional bearing capacity estimation under spatially variable soil can be efficiently performed. Several numerical examples are presented to illustrate the applicability of the proposed framework, including diverse foundation arrangements and different soil correlation structures. Overall, the proposed framework represents a potentially useful tool to support the design of geotechnical site investigation programs, especially in situations where very limited prior knowledge about the soil properties is available.
