articleJan 9, 2026Closed access

A note on some plasticity solutions relevant to the bearing capacity of brittle and fissured materials

EDE.H. Davis

University of Sydney

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Abstract

Conventional stability analysis which only requires the input of two strength parameters of the material, c and ϕ, may lead to an unreliable estimate of the bearing capacity of a mass of rock because of two main factors.

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  • Plasticity
  • Brittleness
  • Softening
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Geology
  • Bearing capacity
  • Materials science
  • Composite material
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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