Factors and Failure Patterns Analysis for Undrained Seismic Bearing Capacity of Strip Footing Above Void

This study aims to predict the undrained seismic bearing capacity and failure mechanisms of a shallow strip footing that is placed on homogeneous and heterogeneous cohesive soils above a single unsupported rectangular void using finite-element limit analysis (FELA). Upper and lower bounds will be computed for a comprehensive range of geometries, horizontal earthquake accelerations, materials, void shapes, and size combinations. In addition,...