Study of Two Field Cases Involving Undrained Creep
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 9
Abstract
An analysis for investigating undrained creep of a viscoelastic‐plastic soil mass is briefly described. Any form of undrained creep response can be considered, while failure is incorporated through a Mohr‐Coulomb failure criterion. This analysis is applied to two published field studies of embankments on soft clay, the East Atchafalaya Levee Test Section 3 and the M.I.T. Test Embankment. In each case, it is demonstrated that the variation with time of vertical and horizontal movements in the underlying soil, can be reasonably well‐predicted.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 9 • September 1984
Pages: 1307 - 1321
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