Post-construction deformation of compacted fills caused by wetting

Timothy D. Stark, Stephen T. Wilk

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Abstract

This paper presents a modified constitutive model to predict post-construction movements of compacted fills due to wetting based on the results of anisotropically-consolidated undrained (ACU) triaxial compression tests. The constitutive model is coded in the FISH language of the finite difference numerical software FLAC. The model allows deformation along the major and minor principal stress directions instead of the vertical and radial directions and user-defined wetting fronts to predict movement with time. The lateral and vertical progressive surface movement induced by top-down wetting is simulated and the results illustrate how the differential vertical and lateral movement at the ground surface can change during the course of top-down wetting.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGeotechnical Special Publication
EditorsThomas L. Brandon, Richard J. Valentine
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Pages64-71
Number of pages8
EditionGSP 280
ISBN (Electronic)9780784480472
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventGeotechnical Frontiers 2017 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Mar 12 2017Mar 15 2017

Publication series

NameGeotechnical Special Publication
NumberGSP 280
Volume0
ISSN (Print)0895-0563

Other

OtherGeotechnical Frontiers 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period3/12/173/15/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Building and Construction
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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