Application of frictional contact in geotechnical engineering

authored by: Daichao Sheng, Peter Wriggers, Scott W. Sloan
Abstract: Soil-structure interaction is traditionally simplified to prescribed boundary conditions or modeled by joint elements. Both of these approaches are limited to small and continuous relative displacements at the interface. The use of contact constraints opens up a fresh range of possibilities for geotechnical analysis, especially for cases involving large interfacial deformation. This paper demonstrates the application of computational contact mechanics in geotechnical engineering. It first outlines a general description of kinematic constraints for frictional contact and the associated numerical algorithms. A number of classical geotechnical problems are then analyzed using finite-element contact methods. These problems include a strip footing under eccentric and inclined loads and a cone penetration test. It is shown that the finite-element method with frictional contact is indeed very useful in geotechnical analysis, and can provide solutions to problems that are otherwise very difficult to analyze.
Organisation(s): Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics
External Organisation(s): University of Newcastle
Type: Article
Journal: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume: 7
Pages: 176-185
No. of pages: 10
ISSN: 1532-3641
Publication date: 2007
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Soil Science
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2007)7:3(176) (Access: Unknown)
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BibTeX

@article{1e9d620ebc4947f78b2018e8b9a3244f,
title = "Application of frictional contact in geotechnical engineering",
abstract = "Soil-structure interaction is traditionally simplified to prescribed boundary conditions or modeled by joint elements. Both of these approaches are limited to small and continuous relative displacements at the interface. The use of contact constraints opens up a fresh range of possibilities for geotechnical analysis, especially for cases involving large interfacial deformation. This paper demonstrates the application of computational contact mechanics in geotechnical engineering. It first outlines a general description of kinematic constraints for frictional contact and the associated numerical algorithms. A number of classical geotechnical problems are then analyzed using finite-element contact methods. These problems include a strip footing under eccentric and inclined loads and a cone penetration test. It is shown that the finite-element method with frictional contact is indeed very useful in geotechnical analysis, and can provide solutions to problems that are otherwise very difficult to analyze.",
keywords = "Contacts, Finite element method, Geotechnical engineering friction, Interfaces, Soil-structure interaction",
author = "Daichao Sheng and Peter Wriggers and Sloan, {Scott W.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2007)7:3(176)",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "176--185",
journal = "International Journal of Geomechanics",
issn = "1532-3641",
publisher = "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)",
number = "3",
}