Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 1439-1458.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-017-2243-6

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Semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soils with semi-permeable drainage boundary

Lei WANG1,2, De'an SUN2, Yongfu XU3   

  1. 1. School of Urban Railway Transportation, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China;
    2. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
    3. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-10-26 修回日期:2017-02-20 出版日期:2017-10-01 发布日期:2017-10-01
  • 通讯作者: De'an SUN E-mail:sundean@shu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41630633 and 11672172)

Semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soils with semi-permeable drainage boundary

Lei WANG1,2, De'an SUN2, Yongfu XU3   

  1. 1. School of Urban Railway Transportation, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China;
    2. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
    3. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2016-10-26 Revised:2017-02-20 Online:2017-10-01 Published:2017-10-01
  • Contact: De'an SUN E-mail:sundean@shu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41630633 and 11672172)

摘要:

The semi-analytical solutions to Fredlund and Hasan's one-dimensional (1D) consolidation for unsaturated soils with a semi-permeable drainage boundary are presented. Two variables are introduced to transform the two coupled governing equations of pore-water and pore-air pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations (PDFs), which are easily solved by the Laplace transform method. Then, the pore-water pressure, pore-air pressure, and soil settlement are obtained in the Laplace domain. The Crump method is adopted to perform the inverse Laplace transform in order to obtain the semi-analytical solutions in the time domain. It is shown that the proposed solutions are more applicable to various types of boundary conditions and agree well with the existing solutions from the literature. Several numerical examples are provided to investigate the consolidation behavior of an unsaturated single-layer soil with single, double, mixed, and semi-permeable drainage boundaries. The changes in the pore-air and pore-water pressures and the soil settlement with the time factor at different values of the semi-permeable drainage boundary parameters are illustrated. In addition, parametric studies are conducted on the pore-air and pore-water pressures at different ratios (the air permeability coefficient to the water permeability coefficient) and depths.

关键词: transformation toughening ceramics, shear effect, crack growth, asymptotic method, one-dimensional(1D)consolidation, Laplace transform, semi-permeable drainage boundary, unsaturated soil, semi-analytical solution

Abstract:

The semi-analytical solutions to Fredlund and Hasan's one-dimensional (1D) consolidation for unsaturated soils with a semi-permeable drainage boundary are presented. Two variables are introduced to transform the two coupled governing equations of pore-water and pore-air pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations (PDFs), which are easily solved by the Laplace transform method. Then, the pore-water pressure, pore-air pressure, and soil settlement are obtained in the Laplace domain. The Crump method is adopted to perform the inverse Laplace transform in order to obtain the semi-analytical solutions in the time domain. It is shown that the proposed solutions are more applicable to various types of boundary conditions and agree well with the existing solutions from the literature. Several numerical examples are provided to investigate the consolidation behavior of an unsaturated single-layer soil with single, double, mixed, and semi-permeable drainage boundaries. The changes in the pore-air and pore-water pressures and the soil settlement with the time factor at different values of the semi-permeable drainage boundary parameters are illustrated. In addition, parametric studies are conducted on the pore-air and pore-water pressures at different ratios (the air permeability coefficient to the water permeability coefficient) and depths.

Key words: transformation toughening ceramics, shear effect, crack growth, asymptotic method, semi-analytical solution, one-dimensional(1D)consolidation, unsaturated soil, semi-permeable drainage boundary, Laplace transform

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