Designing with Limit Equilibrium Methods involve a factor of safety (FS) in order to
maintain the stability and to keep the resisting structure away from limit state on
the safe side. Finite Element Program (such as Plaxis) on the other hand, instead of
an FS, reduces the shear strength of the soil by introducing a reduction factor that is
applied to tan
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614096/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2012 |
| Creators | Engin, Volkan |
| Contributors | Toker, Kartal Nabi |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | Access forbidden for 1 year |
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