SVIBOR - Project code: 2-11-067

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Project code: 2-11-067


LARGE STRAIN CONSOLIDATION OF SOFT SOILS


Main researcher: SZAVITS-NOSSAN, ANTUN (45750)


Assistants
Type of research: applied
Duration from: 04/30/91. to 04/30/95.
Papers on project (total): 23
Institution name: Građevinski fakultet, Zagreb (82)
Department/Institute: Department of Getechnics
Address: Fra Andrije Kačića-Miošića 26
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Communication
Phone: 385 (0)1/442600
Fax: 385 (0)1/416621
E-mail: Szavits@master.grad.hr
Summary: The project is aimed towards the development of a new twodimensional large strain consolidation theory incorporating the elastoplastic behaviour of soft clays. The theory should enhance predictions of time dependent settlements of soft clay deposits including the distribution of pore water pressures. The new theory is an extension of a previously developed onedimensional theory. Its predictive capacity will be tested against field measurements of long term settlements of an embankment.

Keywords: soft clay, consolidation, creep, constitutive equation, large strain, finite element method

Research goals: The research project is aimed towards the development of a theory and a practical computer program for numerical simulation of the twodimensional consolidation process of soft clay layers under structural loads. The stress-strain behaviour of soft clays will be modelled as elastoplastic thus integrating settlement and bearing capacity analyses into a consistent procedure. These analyses are dealt with separately in standard engineering practice. The computer program will be based on the finite element method with a numerical algorithm specially developed for personal computers.

COOPERATION - INSTITUTIONS


  1. Name of institution: University of Colorado at Boulder
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    Type of cooperation: Joint project
    City: 80309-0428 - Boulder, CO., S.A.D.
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