Abstract
Based on the nonlinear Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and an associated flow rule, a kinematic admissible velocity field of failure mechanism of the 2-layer soil above a shallow horizontal strip anchor plate is constructed. The ultimate pull-out force and its corresponding failure mechanism through the upper bound limit analysis according to a variation principle are deduced. When the 2-layer overlying soil is degraded into single-layer soil, the model of ultimate pullout force could also be degraded into the model of single-layer soil. And the comparison between results of single-layer soil variation method and those calculated by rigid limit analysis method proves the correctness of our method. Based on that, the influence of changes of geotechnical parameters on ultimate pullout forces and failure mechanism of a shallow horizontal strip anchor with the 2-layer soil above are analyzed. The results show that the ultimate pull-out force and failure mechanism of a shallow horizontal strip anchor with the 2-layer soil above are affected by the nonlinear geotechnical parameters greatly. Thus, it is very important to obtain the accurate geotechnical parameters of 2-layer soil for the evaluation of the ultimate pullout capacity of the anchor plate.
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