Accuracy of Carrillo's formula for consolidation of soil with vertical and horizontal drainage under time-dependent loading

Guofu Zhu, Jianhua Yin

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Abstract

The accuracy of Carrillo's formula for consolidation of soil with vertical and horizontal drainage under time-dependent loading is examined using the rigorous solutions in Zhu and Yin (Geotechnique 2001; 51:361-367; Geotextiles and Geomembranes 2003) for two situations of free strain and equal strain assumptions. It is found from the examination that Carrillo's formula normally overestimates the overall average degree of consolidation. However, for the ranges of practical significance, the overestimate is less than 3% if the construction time factor Tc is less than 1.25. For the Tc up to 4, the overestimate is less than 9%. The comparison of free strain and equal strain solutions also shows that the difference between the two solutions under time-dependent loading is small.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)721-735
Number of pages15
JournalCommunications in Numerical Methods in Engineering
Volume20
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2004

Keywords

  • Consolidation
  • Drainage
  • Settlement
  • Theoretical analysis
  • Time dependence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Mechanics

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