Hard Clay as Host Medium Thermo-Mechanical Experiments and Model

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Baldi ◽  
M. Borsetto ◽  
T. Hueckel ◽  
A. Peano ◽  
E. Tassoni
Keyword(s):  
Dissipation Rate ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Host Medium ◽  
Clay Formation ◽  
The Mathematical Model

AbstractClay's impermeability is an essential feature for the quality of a possible repository. However it results in a substantial pore water pressure rise induced by heating whose magnitude and dissipation rate depend on the clay's deformational response to heating. Experiments on thermal strains and effective stress are reported and the mathematical model implemented in a computer code is described. It allows study of a repository performance due to waste heating in both continental and subseabed clay formation.

Field Test Research on Soil Compacting Effect of Cast-In Situ Concrete Pipe Pile

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 1914-1917
Author(s):  
Zhi Tao Ma ◽  
Han Long Liu ◽  
Yong Ping Wang ◽  
Ji Ming Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Engineering Application ◽  
Deep Soil ◽  
Pipe Pile ◽  
Pile Diameter ◽  
Concrete Pipe ◽  
Practical Engineering

Combined with practical engineering application, the test researches were carried out to analyze the soil compacting effects of Cast-in-situ concrete pipe pile while the pile was driven by vibration hammer. This article is focused on the characteristics of soil uplift and lateral deformation around pile, included surface soil and deep soil. In addition, the change characteristic of pore water pressure of soil around pile is also analyzed, and some useful rules were concluded. All researches are helpful to optimize the construction parameters, such as distance between piles, pile diameter etc., to improve the quality of pile foundation, also to reduce the construction impact on environment.

Comparison of Field Performance between Bamboo-Geotextile Composite Embankment and High Strength Geotextile Embankment

2012 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Aminaton Marto ◽  
Bakhtiar Affandy Othman ◽  
Fauziah Kasim ◽  
Ismail Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Soft Clay ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Foundation Soil ◽  
Excess Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Excess Pore

Trial embankment approximately 3 meters height, 10 meters of length, 16 meters width, and a slope of 1V: 2H was completed on soft clay site at RECESS, UTHM, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Two embankments were respectively reinforced by a high strength geotextile (HSG) and the combination of bamboo and low strength geotextile or bamboo-geotextile composite (BGC) at the interface between embankment fill and foundation soil. Each embankment was installed with the same geotechnical instrumentation scheme for monitoring purposes. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the field performance for both embankments in terms of improving settlement embankment under the embankment. For this purpose, the settlement under the embankment, settlement at the surface of the embankment and the excess pore water pressure response were measured through geotechnical instrumentation for over 418 days. The results showed that the BGC system is more practical than HSG in terms of settlement and also in terms of cost, without compromising the quality of the embankment performance.

Evaluation of the Grouting Effect of the Change of Grout Hole Spacing in Splitting Grouting for Dams

2012 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
Ke Wu ◽  
Ming Yue Ma
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Dam Construction ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Distribution Law ◽  
Technological Standard ◽  
The Stability

The technique of splitting grouting for dams is one of the important technical approaches to improve the inner quality of dam construction. However, the construction cost is too high with the current technological standard, which restricts the further promotion of this technology. Based on the assumption that the other conditions of construction process remained unchanged and by obeying the law of interaction between the placement of grout-hole spacing and the actual anti-seepage effect during splitting grouting, Mohr-Coulomb Hardening constitutive model was adopted in this paper on the basis of large-scale finite element numerical algorithm. Through the fluid-solid coupling computation of grout holes of different spacing, the distribution law of various factors during splitting grouting, such as the pore water pressure generated by seriflux and the stress and strain of dam, was studied first. Next, the mechanism of reinforcement and seepage of splitting grouting seriflux in soil body was revealed, and the influence of this mechanism on the stability of dam body was also investigated. Finally, the effect of splitting grouting was evaluated.

TIME TO THE END OF PRIMARY CONSOLIDATION (EOP) OF SOFT CLAYEY SOILS: CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF ATTERBERG’S LIMIT AND CYCLIC LOADING HISTORY

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (2B) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Trần Thanh Nhàn
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Clayey Soils ◽  
Loading History ◽  
Cyclic Shear ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Consolidation ◽  
Time Required

In order to observe the end of primary consolidation (EOP) of cohesive soils with and without subjecting to cyclic loading, reconstituted specimens of clayey soils at various Atterberg’s limits were used for oedometer test at different loading increments and undrained cyclic shear test followed by drainage with various cyclic shear directions and a wide range of shear strain amplitudes. The pore water pressure and settlement of the soils were measured with time and the time to EOP was then determined by different methods. It is shown from observed results that the time to EOP determined by 3-t method agrees well with the time required for full dissipation of the pore water pressure and being considerably larger than those determined by Log Time method. These observations were then further evaluated in connection with effects of the Atterberg’s limit and the cyclic loading history.

Conjectures, Hypotheses, and Theories of Drumlin Formation (In memory of Stanislaw Baranowski)

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (97) ◽  
pp. 503-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian J. Smalley
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Critical Stress ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Glacial Till ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Stress Levels

AbstractRecent investigations have shown that various factors may affect the shear strength of glacial till and that these factors may be involved in the drumlin-forming process. The presence of frozen till in the deforming zone, variation in pore-water pressure in the till, and the occurrence of random patches of dense stony-till texture have been considered. The occurrence of dense stony till may relate to the dilatancy hypothesis and can be considered a likely drumlin-forming factor within the region of critical stress levels. The up-glacier stress level now appears to be the more important, and to provide a sharper division between drumlin-forming and non-drumlin-forming conditions.

The temperature and pore water pressure in soil subjected to dynamic load

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Kun ZHANG ◽  
Ze ZHANG ◽  
Xiangyang SHI ◽  
Sihai LI ◽  
Donghui XIAO
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Dynamic Load ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure

Development of Experimental P-Y Curves from Centrifuge Tests for Piles Subjected to Static Loading and Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milad Souri
Keyword(s):  
Static Loading ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Lateral Spreading ◽  
American Petroleum Institute ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Pile Groups ◽  
Centrifuge Tests ◽  
Centrifuge Models

The results of five centrifuge models were used to evaluate the response of pile-supported wharves subjected to inertial and liquefaction-induced lateral spreading loads. The centrifuge models contained pile groups that were embedded in rockfill dikes over layers of loose to dense sand and were shaken by a series of ground motions. The p-y curves were back-calculated for both dynamic and static loading from centrifuge data and were compared against commonly used American Petroleum Institute p-y relationships. It was found that liquefaction in loose sand resulted in a significant reduction in ultimate soil resistance. It was also found that incorporating p-multipliers that are proportional to the pore water pressure ratio in granular materials is adequate for estimating pile demands in pseudo-static analysis. The unique contribution of this study is that the piles in these tests were subjected to combined effects of inertial loads from the superstructure and kinematic loads from liquefaction-induced lateral spreading.

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