SOME QUASI-STATIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS OF CONSOLIDATING ELASTIC AND VISCOELASTIC MEDIA

Abstract

Solutions are presented for various boundary value problems for the elastic and viscoelastic consolidating medium. In only one case was it possible to obtain simple closed-form solutions. The principal complication arose from the fact that in addition to the usual equations of equilibrium, a diffusion equation must be solved simultaneously. There does not appear to be sufficient data available to warrant any general comment of whether consolidation effects are significant in materials other than soil. It is concluded that for soil, the consolidating viscoelastic medium presents a rational approach to secondary consolidation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0256630

Entities

People

  • A.m. Freudenthal
  • W.r. Spillers

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Materials
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.