Numerical modelling of dynamic consolidation on granular soils |
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| Authors: | S. López‐Querol J. A. Fernández‐Merodo P. Mira M. Pastor |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Castilla La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José Cela, s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;2. Invited Researcher at CETA‐Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas, Alfonso XII, 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain.;3. CETA‐Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas, Alfonso XII, 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The application of Pastor–Zienkiewicz constitutive model for sands to dynamic consolidation problems is presented in this paper. This model is implemented in a coupled code formulated in terms of displacements for both solid and fluid phases (u?w formulation), which is firstly compared with u?pw formulation for some simple examples. Its range of validity, previously established for elastic problems and harmonic loading, is explored. Once the suitability of the u?w formulation has been ascertained for this kind of dynamic problems in soils, one‐ and two‐dimensional (plane strain) dynamic consolidation numerical examples are provided, aiming to give some light into the physics of this ground improvement technique. A ‘wave of dryness’, observed at the soil surface during the impact in field cases, is numerically reproduced and justified. Some hints on the influence of the loading zone size are also given. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | constitutive model for sands soil improvement impacts on soils coupled formulations Biot's equations |
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