- Title
- Analytical solution for the consolidation of a composite foundation reinforced by an impervious column with an arbitrary stress increment
- Creator
- Lu, M. M.; Xie, K. H.; Wang, S. Y.; Li, C. X.
- Relation
- National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC).51009135
- Relation
- International Journal of Geomechanics Vol. 13, Issue 1, p. 33-40
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000176
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- On the basis of the axisymmetric consolidation model, the governing equation and the corresponding solution were developed for the consolidation of a composite foundation with an impervious column by incorporating an arbitrary stress increment. The consolidation behavior was then investigated as part of the parameter analysis for a composite foundation with an impervious column. The results show that the consolidation rate for a composite foundation with an impervious column was slower than that for a composite foundation with a granular column but was more rapid than that for a natural soil foundation. The consolidation rate accelerated with increasing values of the column-soil constrained modulus ratio or the top-to-bottom stress increment ratio and with decreasing values of the loading period or the radius ratio of the influence zone to the column. The column-soil total stress ratio increased with consolidation and approached the value of the columnsoil constrained modulus ratio.
- Subject
- consolidation; foundations; impervious columns; soft soils
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1296170
- Identifier
- uon:19205
- Identifier
- ISSN:1532-3641
- Language
- eng
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