Analytical solutions for consolidation by vertical drains with variation of well resistance with depth and time
GUO Xiao1,2, XIE Kang-he1, Lü Wen-xiao3, DENG Yue-bao4
1. Research Center of Coastal and Urban Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; 2. Zhejiang Provincial Plan Design and Research Institute of Communications, Hangzhou 310006, China; 3. Hangzhou Polytechnic, Hangzhou 311402, China; 4. Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Abstract：A new rigorous analytical solution is deduced from the equivalent strain governing equation for the consolidation by vertical drains on the basis of the assumption proposed by Deng et al (2013), that is, the well resistance increasing linearly with depth and exponentially with time. The solution is verified through the comparison with the results got from the existing analytical solution, in which the well resistance remains constant. Based on the new solution, the average excess pore water pressure and average degree of consolidation are compared with different rates of change of the well resistance (described by coefficient A2 and A3), and the influences of the depth and time-dependent well resistance on the rate of the consolidation by vertical drains are analyzed. It shows that the increase of the well resistance with depth and time will slow down the rate of the consolidation, and even make the ability of accelerating consolidation of vertical drains lose gradually.
郭霄,谢康和,吕文晓,邓岳保. 井阻随深度和时间变化的竖井地基固结解析解[J]. 岩土工程学报, 2015, 37(6): 996-1001.
GUO Xiao, XIE Kang-he, Lü Wen-xiao, DENG Yue-bao. Analytical solutions for consolidation by vertical drains with variation of well resistance with depth and time. Chinese J. Geot. Eng., 2015, 37(6): 996-1001.
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