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, "Stress Increments due to an Embankment Load", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 49, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.49

Keywords: infrastructure, embankment, stress increment, plane strain, settlement computation, soft soil.

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Starting from an existing solution, we used simple geometric and algebraic manipulations to derive the equations for calculating stress increments due to an embankment load (vertical, horizontal and shear), in any location of a half-space, taking into account the whole embankment (not by adding portions). Versatility of equations lies in the fact that can be directly implemented in any spread sheet or program language and do not require any other geometrical consideration. To prove their usefulness, we programmed the equations in MATLAB and used them to solve a simple example. Results were compared with those obtained from the finite element code PLAXIS. An adequate agreement was found between both applications. Also a web page is provided to access the application built in MATLAB.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 49 Stress Increments due to an Embankment Load M.A. Mánica and E. Botero Engineering Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico doi:10.4203/ccp.104.49 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper , "Stress Increments due to an Embankment Load", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 49, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.49 Keywords: infrastructure, embankment, stress increment, plane strain, settlement computation, soft soil. Summary Starting from an existing solution, we used simple geometric and algebraic manipulations to derive the equations for calculating stress increments due to an embankment load (vertical, horizontal and shear), in any location of a half-space, taking into account the whole embankment (not by adding portions). Versatility of equations lies in the fact that can be directly implemented in any spread sheet or program language and do not require any other geometrical consideration. To prove their usefulness, we programmed the equations in MATLAB and used them to solve a simple example. Results were compared with those obtained from the finite element code PLAXIS. An adequate agreement was found between both applications. Also a web page is provided to access the application built in MATLAB. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £65 +P&P)
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