|
It is very important for engineering safety to predict the bearing capacity of foundation rock before engineering strctures with large loads are built on the rock. Isotropic solutions for the bearing capacity in foundation rocks cannot be used for rocks that exhibit strength anisotropy. A few analytical solutions for the bearing capacity in anisotropic foundation rocks were proposed. These solutions are limited to rock masses with strength anisotropy because of one set of weak planes and bounded by a flat surface. For the bearing capacities in aniostropic foundation rock on sloping ground or on the crest of sloping ground, analytical solutions were not considered for rocks with strength anisotropy in the literature. In this thesis, new analytical solutions for the bearing capacities and slip line in foundation rock with strength anisotropy on flat surface and on the crest of sloping ground are presented by slip line method. In the solutions, the foundation rocks are modelled as plastic materials and satisfy associate flow rules and modified Hoek-Brown failure critrion. Numerical examples are conducted to investigate the effect of the dip direction and angle of strata, the slope angle, and the location of foundation at the crest of sloping ground on the bearing capacity in the rocks with strength anisotropy.
|