Anisotropic behaviour of natural soft soils

本项目旨在改进现有的工程分析方法，这些方法往往不能预测在天然软土上建造的基础设施的性能。该项目期望建立一个理论和数学框架来描述软土对交通和能源基础设施施加的复杂载荷模式的反应。这将由超越常规测试方法能力的先进实验室实验提供信息。该项目的预期成果是一系列工具，用于对软土上建造的土方工程和基础进行工程分析，这些土方工程和基础将支撑地基上的民用基础设施建设，这些基础设施往往太贫瘠，无法考虑作其他用途。

This project aims to improve current engineering analysis methods, which often fail to predict the performance of infrastructure built on natural soft soils. This project expects to develop a theoretical and mathematical framework to describe the response of soft soils to complex loading patterns imposed by transport and energy infrastructure. This will be informed by advanced laboratory experiments that transcend the capabilities of routine testing methods. The expected outcome of the project is a series of tools for the engineering analysis of earthworks and foundations built on soft soils that will underpin the construction of civil infrastructure on ground often too poor to be considered for other use.