Effects of Strength Anisotropy and Strain Softening on Soil Bearing Capacity through a Cosserat Nonlocal Finite-Element Method

Abstract The strength anisotropy and strain softening of natural soil can significantly impact the bearing capacity of shallow foundations on clay. In this article, we present a nonlocal numerical method to study the coupled rotation of the maximum normal stress axis and strain softening on the bear...

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