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Analytical solution for consolidation process of triaxial test on soil

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  • 1. Department of Resources and Urban-Rural Construction, College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention of Hilly Mountains of Ministry of Land and Resources, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China; 3. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing of Soil Erosion and Disaster Protection, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China; 4. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210098, China; 5. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China

Received date: 2014-06-24

  Online published: 2018-06-09

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This work was supported by the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program)(2013CB036404), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (41102167) and Development Program of Science and Technology of Fuzhou University (2011-XQ-12).

Abstract

As one of the major laboratory test methods, the triaxial test are often performed to gain the strength and stress and strain behaviors of soils. There are two great important factors during consolidation process of the triaxial test, i.e. the dissipation of pore pressure and the completion status of the consolidation, which determine the conduct of the following shear process. Based on equal strain assumptions, an analytical solution is presented to analyse the pore pressure and the consolidation degree throughout the drainage consolidation process of the triaxial test. According to the laboratory triaxial consolidated drained (CD) test, the pore pressure and the consolidation degree of the drainage consolidation process are checked by using the analytical solution. The comparative results show that the two curves calculated by the analytical solution, including the curve of consolidation degree and the curve of pore pressure dissipation, are in good agreement with the corresponding curves gained by laboratory triaxial shear tests, which verifies that the analytical solution can be applied to analyze the drainage consolidation process of triaxial shear test.

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CHEN Zhi-bo ,WANG Zhi-wen ,ZHU Jun-gao ,MEI Guo-xiong, . Analytical solution for consolidation process of triaxial test on soil[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016 , 37(4) : 943 -947 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.04.005

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