One-dimensional consolidation of double-layered soil with non-Darcian flow described by exponent and threshold gradient |
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Authors: | Chuan-xun Li Kang-he Xie An-feng Hu Bai-xiang Hu |
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Affiliation: | [1]Department of Civil Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China [2]Key Laboratory of Soft Soils and Geoenvironmental Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China |
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Abstract: | Based on non-Darcian flow law described by exponent and threshold gradient within a double-layered soil, the classic theory of one-dimensional consolidation of double-layered soil was modified to consider the change of vertical total stress with depth and time together. Because of the complexity of governing equations, the numerical solutions were obtained in detail by finite difference method. Then, the numerical solutions were compared with the analytical solutions in condition that non-Darcian flow law was degenerated to Dary’s law, and the comparison results show that numerical solutions are reliable. Finally, consolidation behavior of double-layered soil with different parameters was analyzed, and the results show that the consolidation rate of double-layered soil decreases with increasing the value of exponent and threshold of non-Darcian flow, and the exponent and threshold gradient of the first soil layer greatly influence the consolidation rate of double-layered soil. The larger the ratio of the equivalent water head of external load to the total thickness of double-layered soil, the larger the rate of the consolidation, and the similitude relationship in classical consolidation theory of double-layered soil is not satisfied. The other consolidation behavior of double-layered soil with non-Darcian flow is the same as that with Darcy’s law. |
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Keywords: | one-dimensional consolidation double-layered soil non-Darcian flow depth dependent vertical total stress timedependent loading |
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