The finite element analysis of soil nail wall was carried to study the behavior of maximum horizontal wall displacement, maximum horizontal nail displacement, base heave, maximum axial force in nail, maximum shear force in nail, maximum bending moment in nail under both static and seismic conditions using PLAXIS 2D.
The maximum bending moment in rabbit tibia in this study was 409% bw cm and thereby almost reached bending moments in human tibia (maximum bending moment in mid diaphysis up to 562%bw cm, calculated from the results of Wehner et al. [ 14]).
In practical designs, the maximum bending moment in a given flexural structure always has an importance in estimating both the structural displacement (stiffness) and stress (strength) performance.
Biomechanical testing revealed a significantly higher maximum bending load in the OCS group compared with that in the control group.
The pile head displacement and the maximum bending moment in the piles are used as the performance criteria in this study.
It is shown in the illustrative example that the CDF and PDF curves of the pile head displacement and the maximum bending moment in the pile obtained from the proposed methods are in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulation.
Since the lateral deformation for the case of single curvature mode is greater than that of the double curvature mode, the maximum bending moment in the single curvature case is higher than that in the double curvature one (Park and Paulay 1975).
To this effect, a total load of 250 kg is used to determine: the maximum bending stress in the platform under normal operating conditions, the maximum deflection in the platform, and the factor of safety (FOS).
Both the contact forces and maximum bending moments in the intra-helical buckling mode are larger than that in the inter-helical buckling mode, so intra-helical buckling should be avoided in the optimal design of connectors on tubular strings.
In addition, the dependency of the Poisson's ratio, the maximum bending strain in the cell walls, and the mean junction rotation upon the applied compressive strain have also been determined for a range of honeycomb irregularities.
