Evaluation of Pullout Capacity of Embedded Suction Anchors in Uniform Clay using Numerical Analysis with ALE(Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) Technique

Abstract

Numerical analysis with ALE (Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) Adaptive Meshing technique was performed to evaluate the pullout capacity of the embedded suction anchors (ESA) in uniform clay. The numerical method was verified by the previous study, analytical results based on limit-equilibrium theory and centrifuge tests. The pullout capacity of the ESA under horizontal, vertical, and inclined loading were evaluated, and the effect of initial …