...Sheng Zhang; Peng Lan; Hai-Chao Li; Chen-Xi Tong; Daichao Sheng Purpose Prediction of excess pore water pressure and estimation of soil parameters are the two key interests for consolidation problems, which can be mathematically quantified by a set of partial differential equations (PDEs...

...Ba-Phu Nguyen; Ananta Man Singh Pradhan; Tan Hung Nguyen; Nhat-Phi Doan; Van-Quang Nguyen; Thanh-Canh Huynh Purpose The consolidation behavior of prefabricated vertical drain (PVD)-installed soft deposits mainly depends on the PVD performance. The purpose of this study is to propose a numerical...

...Peichao Li; Linzhong Li; Mengmeng Lu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a semi-analytical solution to one-dimensional (1D) consolidation induced by a constant inner point sink in viscoelastic saturated soils. Design/methodology/approach Based on the Kelvin–Voigt constitutive law...

... approach is used for analysing several consolidation problems. The numerical results have demonstrated that large deformation consolidation problems with the proposed approach can be accomplished without numerical difficulties and loss of accuracy. The coupled PFEM provides a stable and robust numerical...

...ShiYang Pan; TongChun Li; Jing Cheng; Ping Yuan; Xinyang Ning Purpose The purpose of the article is to extend the node-based smoothed point interpolation method (NS-PIM) for soil consolidation analysis based on the Biot’s theory. Design/methodology/approach The shape functions...