Efficient and conservative estimation reliability analysis of strip footing on spatially variable c - ϕ soil using random finite element limit analysis

Szabowicz, Hubert; Kawa, Marek; Puła, Wojciech

Efficient and conservative estimation reliability analysis of strip footing on spatially variable c - ϕ soil using random finite element limit analysis

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

Volume 47 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)

By:

Hubert Szabowicz, Marek Kawa and Wojciech Puła

Open Access

|Feb 2025

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A graphical representation of the mesh adaptive procedure.

Upper (red lines) and lower (blue lines) bound of bearing capacities of a shallow foundation D=0.0 m.

Upper (red lines) and lower (blue lines) bound of bearing capacities of a shallow foundation D=0.5 m.

Upper (red lines) and lower (blue lines) bound of bearing capacities of a shallow foundation D=1.0 m.

Diagrams of mean value, standard deviation and coefficient of variation of bearing capacities of a shallow foundation as a function of the step of adaptive mesh refinement procedure for vertical scale of fluctuation θz=0.25 m.

Diagrams of the relative difference in mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation between the upper and lower bound estimations as a function of following mesh adaptation procedure steps for all considered foundation levels.

Diagrams of mean value, standard deviation and coefficient of variation as a function of the horizontal scales of fluctuations θx for all considered foundation levels and vertical scales of fluctuations θz.

Diagrams of allowable loads and safety factors as a function of the horizontal scales of fluctuations θx with a constant vertical scale of fluctuation for all considered foundation levels.

Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D = 1_0 mD = 1_0 m_

Scales of fluctuations		Design value			Safety factor

Horizontal	Vertical	LB [kPa]	UB [kPa]	MIXED [kPa]	LB [-]	UB [-]	MIXED [-]
θx =1.0 m	θz =0.25 m	416.52	454.87	414.07	1.14	1.14	1.15
	θz =0.5 m	405.84	432.65	403.93	1.20	1.19	1.20
	θz =1.0 m	388.64	407.56	386.73	1.26	1.26	1.27
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	405.40	441.97	402.59	1.18	1.17	1.19
	θz =0.5 m	389.96	413.64	387.31	1.25	1.24	1.26
	θz =1.0 m	366.12	381.61	363.75	1.35	1.34	1.36
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	390.72	425.73	387.11	1.23	1.22	1.24
	θz =0.5 m	370.82	393.48	368.37	1.32	1.31	1.33
	θz =1.0 m	344.08	357.64	341.39	1.44	1.44	1.45
θx =8.0 m	θz =0.25 m	379.37	413.29	375.19	1.27	1.26	1.28
	θz =0.5 m	358.78	379.78	355.39	1.38	1.37	1.39
	θz =1.0 m	323.79	336.16	320.73	1.55	1.54	1.56
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	374.40	406.94	369.61	1.29	1.28	1.31
	θz =0.5 m	347.94	367.66	344.07	1.43	1.42	1.45
	θz =1.0 m	316.59	328.09	313.23	1.60	1.60	1.62

Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D=0_0 m_

Scales of fluctuations		Design value			Safety Factor

Horizontal	Vertical	LB [kPa]	UB [kPa]	MIXED [kPa]	LB [-]	UB [-]	MIXED [-]
θ_x =1.0 m	θz =0.25 m	196.99	206.12	191.09	1.28	1.30	1.32
	θz =0.5 m	181.53	186.61	176.61	1.40	1.42	1.44
	θz =1.0 m	168.33	171.25	165.75	1.53	1.54	1.56
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	185.03	192.94	178.46	1.37	1.39	1.42
	θz =0.5 m	167.21	171.17	161.95	1.53	1.55	1.58
	θz =1.0 m	150.77	153.06	148.29	1.72	1.73	1.75
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	176.14	183.70	169.00	1.45	1.47	1.51
	θz =0.5 m	156.28	160.01	151.00	1.66	1.68	1.71
	θz =1.0 m	140.51	142.40	137.87	1.88	1.89	1.91
θx =8.0m	θz =0.25 m	171.18	179.21	163.95	1.51	1.54	1.58
	θz =0.5 m	153.78	157.81	148.49	1.71	1.74	1.78
	θz =1.0 m	132.59	134.16	129.61	2.03	2.05	2.08
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	170.89	178.54	162.62	1.52	1.55	1.60
	θz =0.5 m	150.67	155.24	145.06	1.77	1.79	1.84
	θz =1.0 m	133.86	135.50	130.80	2.05	2.06	2.10

Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D = 0_5 mD = 0_5 m_

Scales of fluctuations		Design value			Safety factor

Horizontal	Vertical	LB [kPa]	UB [kPa]	MIXED [kPa]	LB [-]	UB [-]	MIXED [-]
θx =1.0 m	θz =0.25 m	318.66	341.82	315.19	1.17	1.17	1.19
	θz =0.5 m	304.96	319.53	301.46	1.25	1.25	1.26
	θz =1.0 m	289.25	299.34	285.95	1.33	1.33	1.34
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	307.40	328.85	303.02	1.22	1.22	1.24
	θz =0.5 m	289.56	302.10	285.45	1.32	1.32	1.34
	θz =1.0 m	267.29	275.22	263.59	1.44	1.44	1.46
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	294.26	314.12	288.81	1.28	1.28	1.31
	θz =0.5 m	273.07	284.18	268.20	1.41	1.41	1.43
	θz =1.0 m	247.97	254.68	244.02	1.56	1.57	1.59
θx =8.0 m	θz =0.25 m	285.32	304.16	279.22	1.33	1.33	1.36
	θz =0.5 m	263.68	274.16	258.67	1.47	1.48	1.50
	θz =1.0 m	231.18	237.32	227.17	1.70	1.70	1.73
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	281.51	299.53	275.09	1.35	1.36	1.38
	θz =0.5 m	256.46	266.60	251.48	1.52	1.53	1.55
	θz =1.0 m	228.21	234.00	224.17	1.74	1.75	1.77

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=0_5m_

Scales of fluctuations		Lower-bound estimation			Upper-bound estimation

		Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)	Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)
θx =1.0 m	θz =0.25 m	374.15	15.73	4.20	401.09	16.79	4.19
	θz =0.5 m	379.86	21.81	5.74	398.32	22.95	5.76
	θz =1.0 m	383.55	28.25	7.36	397.40	29.39	7.39
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	375.96	19.79	5.26	402.26	21.20	5.27
	θz =0.5 m	381.39	27.42	7.19	398.58	28.83	7.23
	θz =1.0 m	384.83	36.53	9.49	397.09	37.92	9.55
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	376.99	24.40	6.47	403.00	26.23	6.51
	θz =0.5 m	384.16	34.17	8.90	400.92	35.96	8.97
	θz =1.0 m	387.88	45.13	11.64	399.40	46.74	11.70
θx =8.0 m	θz =0.25 m	380.13	28.46	7.49	405.97	30.59	7.53
	θz =0.5 m	388.19	39.09	10.07	404.65	41.01	10.14
	θz =1.0 m	393.19	54.23	13.79	404.47	56.00	13.85
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	380.82	30.02	7.88	406.25	32.29	7.95
	θz =0.5 m	390.91	42.87	10.97	407.12	44.85	11.02
	θz =1.0 m	397.74	57.36	14.42	408.76	59.19	14.48

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=0_0 m_

Scales of fluctuations		Lower-bound estimation			Upper-bound estimation

		Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)	Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)
θx =1.0 m	θz =0.25m	252.11	16.25	6.44	267.60	18.24	6.82
	θz =0.5 m	254.02	22.25	8.76	264.53	24.05	9.09
	θz =1.0 m	258.28	28.77	11.14	264.19	29.80	11.28
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	253.51	20.82	8.21	268.67	23.19	8.63
	θz =0.5 m	255.50	28.19	11.03	265.44	30.29	11.41
	θz =1.0 m	259.00	36.39	14.05	264.32	37.49	14.18
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	255.01	24.58	9.64	270.63	27.30	10.09
	θz =0.5 m	258.76	33.90	13.10	268.74	36.19	13.47
	θz =1.0 m	263.80	43.09	16.34	269.03	44.39	16.50
θx =8.0 m	θz =0.25 m	258.78	27.83	10.75	275.21	30.71	11.16
	θz =0.5 m	263.71	36.93	14.01	274.16	39.31	14.34
	θz =1.0 m	269.69	49.62	18.40	275.12	51.20	18.61
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	260.23	28.48	10.94	277.44	31.81	11.46
	θz =0.5 m	254.02	39.49	14.81	278.15	42.09	15.13
	θz =1.0 m	274.18	50.94	18.58	279.80	52.57	18.79

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity are estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=1_0 m_

Scales of fluctuations		Lower-bound estimation			Upper-bound estimation

		Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)	Mean value (kPa)	Standard deviation (kPa)	Coefficient of variation (%)
θx =1.0 m	θz =0.25 m	476.12	16.68	3.50	517.23	17.42	3.37
	θz =0.5 m	485.51	22.77	4.69	514.61	23.37	4.54
	θz =1.0 m	491.12	30.03	6.11	512.43	30.66	5.98
θx =2.0 m	θz =0.25 m	478.43	20.74	4.34	518.28	21.61	4.17
	θz =0.5 m	487.44	28.43	5.83	514.32	29.29	5.69
	θz =1.0 m	493.39	38.40	7.78	511.90	39.23	7.66
θx =4.0 m	θz =0.25 m	478.85	25.47	5.32	518.15	26.62	5.14
	θz =0.5 m	490.31	35.75	7.29	516.22	36.59	7.09
	θz =1.0 m	496.35	47.37	9.54	513.48	48.38	9.42
θx =8.0 m	θz =0.25 m	481.79	30.08	6.24	520.81	31.47	6.04
	θz =0.5 m	494.37	41.32	8.36	519.78	42.54	8.18
	θz =1.0 m	501.01	56.89	11.35	517.61	58.12	11.23
θx =16.0 m	θz =0.25 m	482.99	32.12	6.65	521.34	33.73	6.47
	θz =0.5 m	497.53	46.35	9.32	522.34	47.79	9.15
	θz =1.0 m	507.52	62.26	12.27	523.68	63.66	12.16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2083-831X | Journal ISSN: 0137-6365

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Language: English

Page range: 17 - 35

Submitted on: Jul 24, 2024

Accepted on: Dec 12, 2024

Published on: Feb 27, 2025

Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Strip Fundation,

Random field,

Random Finite Element Limit Analysis,

Related subjects:

Physics,

Mechanics and fluid dynamics

© 2025 Hubert Szabowicz, Marek Kawa, Wojciech Puła, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D = 1_0 mD = 1_0 m_

Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D=0_0 m_

Allowable loads for β=3_8 obtained for lower LB, upper UB and mixed approach estimated distributions – D = 0_5 mD = 0_5 m_

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=0_5m_

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=0_0 m_

The mean values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for the lower and upper bound of bearing capacity are estimated based on results from the last (fourth) step of the adaptive mesh procedure – D=1_0 m_

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