Simplified Solution of One-dimensional Nonlinear Consolidation of Soft Soil Foundation

HUANG Chao-xuan

doi:10.11988/ckyyb.20170675

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Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2018, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (12) : 90-95. DOI: 10.11988/ckyyb.20170675

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Simplified Solution of One-dimensional Nonlinear Consolidation of Soft Soil Foundation

HUANG Chao-xuan

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The relative error of the approximated solution of differential equation of one-dimensional nonlinear consolidation of saturated soft soil is quite large. In the light of one-dimensional nonlinear consolidation theory of saturated soft soil foundation, a dimensionless nonlinear consolidation control equation is given in consideration of the influences of nonlinear changes of soft soil’s permeability coefficient and compressibility in the consolidation process, and the weighting factor λ is incorporated to simplify the nonlinear partial differential equation to a linear equation, where the weighting factor λ is a fractional number (0 <λ <1), and a simplified analytic solution considering the weighting factor λ is given in conjunction with the boundary condition. Calculation by MatLab reveals that the Lekha approximation method is the special case of the weighting factor λ=0.5 in this paper. The maximum relative error of the approximate solution and the difference method of Lekha is as high as 19%. By using the simplified solution of the variable weight λ, higher accuracy can be achieved. The proposed simplified solution in this paper is convenient to be applied to engineering practice.

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saturated soft clay / 1D nonlinear consolidation theory / permeability coefficient / compression factor / weighting factor / simplified solution

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HUANG Chao-xuan. Simplified Solution of One-dimensional Nonlinear Consolidation of Soft Soil Foundation[J]. Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2018, 35(12): 90-95 https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20170675

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