%0 Journal Article
%T Three-dimensional analysis of two-pile caps
%A Buttignol
%A T.E.T.
%A Almeida
%A L.C
%J Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X this paper compares the results between a non-linear three-dimensional numerical analysis of pile caps with two piles and the experimental study conducted by delalibera. it is verified the load-carrying capacity, the crack pattern distribution, the principal stress in concrete and steel, the deflection and the fracture of the pile cap. the numerical analysis is executed with the finite-element software atena 3d, considering a perfect bond between concrete and steel. the numerical and experimental results are presented and have demonstrated a good approximation, reasserting the results of the experimental model and corroborating the theory.
%K pile caps
%K finite elements
%K reinforced concrete
%K foundation.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-41952012000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en