Benchmark Problem for Large Strain Self-Weight Consolidation
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 5
Abstract
One-dimensional self-weight consolidation of soil and other compressible porous media is important for a variety of engineering applications. This note presents a benchmark problem and numerical solutions for large strain self-weight consolidation of a layer of saturated soil slurry. The solutions provide the values of settlement, excess pore pressure, and void ratio, which can be used to validate other analytical and numerical models. The solutions include effects of vertical strain, soil self-weight, nonlinear constitutive relationships, and changing material properties during the consolidation process.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support for this investigation was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51678268), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. HUST-2016YXMS101), and the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant Nos. CMMI-1001023 and CMMI-1622781). This support is gratefully acknowledged. The opinions expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and are not necessarily consistent with the policies or opinions of the funding agencies.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 144 • Issue 5 • May 2018
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©2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: May 10, 2017
Accepted: Nov 1, 2017
Published online: Mar 9, 2018
Published in print: May 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Aug 9, 2018
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