A rigorous variant of the shear strength reduction method and its geotechnical applications

Stanislav Sysala, Eva Hrubešová, Zdeněk Michalec, Franz Tschuchnigg

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Abstract

This paper is focused on a new optimization variant of the shear strength
reduction (OPT-SSR) in non-associated Mohr-Coulomb plasticity. The OPT-SSR method mimics the limit analysis problem and enables to compute the factor of safety without performing an elasto-plastic analysis. It is shown that this optimization problem is welldefinedand closely related to recently developed Davis approaches used in combination with the standard SSR method. Next, the duality between the static and kinematic principles of OPT-SSR is introduced. For the numerical solution, a regularization method is suggested.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationXVI International Conference on Computational Plasticity.
Subtitle of host publicationFundamentals and Applications
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021

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