Uma metodologia para o tratamento de problemas da mecânica dos sólidos com redefinição de domínio utilizando a técnica de relaxação dinâmica

Abstract

Diverse construction work of engineering involves the execution of excavation and embankments, such as the construction of foundations, dams and urban infrastructure. In general, geomechanical problems have a high degree of complexity due to the difficulty on the parameters quantification, the definition of representative models of the soil and the interaction soil-structure. Many models are based on the final arrangement of the system, not considering the intermediate analyses that are important steps in the study of those problems. In this study was developed a methodology for modeling problems that need redefinitions of analysis domain in function of the consideration of excavations and embankments, using an alternative technique for solution of the balance equations, the Dynamic Relaxation, combined with the Finite Element Methods for the development of the model.