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Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Soft Soil Stabilized by Prefabricated Vertical Drains Incorporating Vacuum reloading

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posted on 2024-11-15, 10:37 authored by Buddhima Indraratna, I Sathananthan, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, A S Balasubramaniam
This paper describes the analytical formulation of a modified consolidation theory incorporating vacuum pressure, and numerical modeling of soft clay stabilized by prefabricated vertical drains, with a linearly distributed ~trapezoidal! vacuum pressure for both axisymmetric and plane strain conditions. The effects of the magnitude and distribution of vacuum pressure on soft clay consolidation are examined through average time-dependent excess pore pressure and consolidation settlement analyses. The plane strain analysis was executed by transforming the actual vertical drains into a system of equivalent parallel drain walls by adjusting the coefficient of permeability of the soil and the applied vacuum pressure. The converted parameters are incorporated in the finite element code ABAQUS, employing the modified Cam-clay theory. Numerical analysis is conducted to study the performance of a full-scale test embankment constructed on soft Bangkok clay. The performance of this selected embankment is predicted on the basis of four different vacuum pressure distributions. The predictions are compared with the available field data. The assumption of distributing the vacuum pressure as a constant over the soil surface and varying it linearly along the drains seems justified in relation to the field data.

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This article was originally published as Indraratna, B, Sathananthan, I, Rujikiatkamjorn, C and Balasubramaniam, AS, Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Soft Soil Stabilized by Prefabricated Vertical Drains Incorporating Vacuum reloading, International Journal of Geomechanics, 5, June 2005, 114. Copyright American Society of Civil Engineers. Original journal available here.

Journal title

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volume

5

Issue

2

Pagination

114-124

Language

English

RIS ID

13751

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