Foundation Analysis

We provide full-scale load test of foundations, by numerical simulation using fracture-based continuum modeling (FBCM).

FBCM models potential mechanical damage of the subsurface materials in terms of tensile, shear, and combined tensile and shear failure mechanisms; which are the natural failure mechanisms of geologic materials.

FBCM can model any subsurface material conditions, internal geometry, and ground-surface slope. Conventional foundation analysis, in contrast, loses validity as the internal geometry or ground slope increases in complexity.

FBCM is applicable to every foundation but provides greater advantage for foundations that induce tensile stress in the subsurface materials, such as foundations sited on sloping ground or subsurface materials with complex geometry.

FBCM analysis of foundations provides technical and business advantages over conventional analysis. Because conventional analysis is based on modeling shear fracturing as the only failure mechanism of the subsurface materials. Although valid for foundations sited on level ground on homogenous soil, conventional analysis is not valid for foundations that induce tensile stress in the subsurface.

We provide several examples in the publication “Assessing the effects of induced tensile stress on geotechnical behavior of foundations using fracture-based continuum modeling,” https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13123836.

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