Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103142

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103142

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Shallow foundations in unsaturated soils: mechanistic design through numerical modelling, analysis and experimental investigation. This project will close the knowledge gap of how shallow foundations perform in variably saturated soils. It will integrate expertise in unsaturated soil mechanics, theory of elasto-plasticity, numerical modelling, limit analysis and experimental investigation. It will achieve a rigorous understanding of footings founded on unsaturated soils subjected to monotonic loading using a recently developed experimental testing facility, and analyses using finite elements, the method of characteristics and zero extension line theory. Impact and adoption in industry will be direct through world first design tools which incorporate the influence of suction on bearing capacity, settlement and safety.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Commercial Construction Design | Industrial Construction Design | Civil Construction Design

Other Keywords

Civil Construction Design | Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering | Commercial Construction Design | Industrial Construction Design

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