Abstract: In conventional consolidation theories, a boundary is simulated as either perfectly pervious or impervious, where the time-dependent drainage capacity at the boundary is ignored. Using the time-dependent impeded boundary ...

Abstract: Laboratory one-dimensional consolidation tests were conducted to measure the variation trend of the soil pore pressure at the drainage boundary with time under different magnitudes of loads. Based on the test data, continuous ...

Abstract: A novel semi-analytical solution is proposed to analyze the consolidation behavior of composite ground with a floating impervious column in unsaturated soil based on the equal-strain hypothesis. The basic governing equations ...

Abstract: In this investigation, an approximate analytical solution to the axisymmetric consolidation problem of unsaturated soils improved with vertical drain is presented under the equal-strain condition. The smear effect of soil, ...