Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling
Sophisticated three dimensional (3D) hydro-mechanical finite element (FE) models are developed to address the major shortcomings of the current design methods of stiffened slab foundations on reactive soils. The models simulate the complex shrink-swell responses of unsaturated soils, by incorporatin...
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Curtin University
2019
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| author | Shams, Mohamed A. |
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| description | Sophisticated three dimensional (3D) hydro-mechanical finite element (FE) models are developed to address the major shortcomings of the current design methods of stiffened slab foundations on reactive soils. The models simulate the complex shrink-swell responses of unsaturated soils, by incorporating a coupled flow-deformation and stress analysis. The models are used to perform an extensive parametric study whose outputs are compiled in the form of design equations, which serve as a new, standalone design method. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-756702019-07-25T03:48:03Z Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling Shams, Mohamed A. Sophisticated three dimensional (3D) hydro-mechanical finite element (FE) models are developed to address the major shortcomings of the current design methods of stiffened slab foundations on reactive soils. The models simulate the complex shrink-swell responses of unsaturated soils, by incorporating a coupled flow-deformation and stress analysis. The models are used to perform an extensive parametric study whose outputs are compiled in the form of design equations, which serve as a new, standalone design method. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75670 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Shams, Mohamed A. Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title | Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title_full | Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title_short | Analysis and Design of Stiffened Slab Foundations on Reactive Soils using 3D Numerical Modelling |
| title_sort | analysis and design of stiffened slab foundations on reactive soils using 3d numerical modelling |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75670 |