PREDICTION OF ELASTO-PLASTIC CONSOLIDATION BEHAVIOUR. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

A linear model for describing elasto-plastic consolidation behaviour is presented, based on the Biot's theory of linear elastic consolidation. The deformation of a soft clay foundation due to embankment loading is analyzed by applying the model to in-situ measurements, from which stiffness factors of the foundation are shown to be "identified", or back calculated. Since these stiffness factors contain the moduli of elasticity in terms of effective stresses, the prediction of both impending failure and long term settlement becomes possible through examining the deterioration and recovery of these factors. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Asaoka, A
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 2159-62
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Consolidation; Deformation; Effective stress; Elastoplasticity; Embankments; Failure; Forecasting; Foundations; Linear elasticity; Loads; Mathematical models; Modulus of elasticity; Settlement (Structures); Soft clays; Soils; Stiffness; Time duration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Elastic plastic analysis; Loading; Long term; Soil consolidation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466490
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM