Non-Uniform Settlement of Compacted Earth Structures Caused by the Deformation Characteristics of Unsaturated Soil on Wetting
Non-Uniform Settlement of Compacted Earth Structures Caused by the Deformation Characteristics of Unsaturated Soil on Wetting
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DOI:
10.3208/sandf.47.195
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发表时间:
2007-04
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
K. Kawai;A. Iizuka;E. Hayakawa;Weichuan Wang
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作者:
K. Kawai;A. Iizuka;E. Hayakawa;Weichuan Wang
The soil/water-coupled analysis for unsaturated soil mechanics with the finite element method is used to express the behavior of compacted earth structures exposed to rainfall. The constitutive model, which is proposed by Karube et al. (1996, 1997) and modified by Karube and Kawai (2001), is formulated for initial and boundary problems and coded as DACSAR-U (Iizuka et al., 2000). A deep fill, which consists of compacted, unsaturated soil, was analyzed with DACSAR-U. Different patterns of rainfall were applied to deep fills in finite element simulations. As a result, non-uniform settlement of deep fill can be calculated and the magnitude of settlement of deep fills is dependent on the amount of collapse, namely, the compression due to the decrease in suction. Moreover, delayed settlement due to rainfall and an accumulation of an irreversible settlement due to cyclic rainfall was observed.