Discussion of ″Analysis of Nonlinear Soil Behavior under Vertically Loaded Steel Plate Considering Local Shear Failure of Soil″ by Qunli Chen, Ting Xu and Koji Tominaga

Abstract

The authors created a hybrid analysis model with nonlinear discrete springs on an elastic half space in order to evaluate the nonlinear bearing behavior of soils. It is appreciated that their simulations realized the nonlinear behaviors to some extent. However, the discusser would like to discuss the following points in order to understand the research results more clearly.