Undrained vertical pullout capacity of strip plate anchors in two-layered clay

The pullout behavior of plate anchor embedded in clays has received significant attention from researchers, but most existing studies are limited to plate anchors in single layer of undrained clay. In this study, the vertical pullout capacity of horizontal strip anchors in undrained two-layered clay is investigated. A series of finite element analyses were carried out to obtain the stability predictions for a wide range of geometrical and soil...