Boundary element analysis of foundation plates in buildings

In this paper, a boundary element method for analyzing building foundation plates is presented. The shear deformation is considered using the Reissner plate theory. The Winkler model is used to model the behavior of the soil. Only the boundary of the plate needs to be discretized. Two practical applications are solved and the results are compared to alternative solutions of different methods, such as, finite difference, finite element and 3D boundary element methods.