Special Finite Elements for Analysis of Soil Consolidation.

Abstract

Use of singularity elements to model pore-pressures in the vicinity of free-draining loaded surfaces, immediately after application of loads at these surfaces is discussed. One-dimensional consolidation is considered. Comparison of numerical results with the exact solution shows that use of specially designed elements approaching singularity may succeed in reducing the error in pore-pressures. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA143362

Entities

People

  • H. I. The
  • R. S. Sandhu
  • S. C. Lee

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Civil Engineering
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Interpolation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pore Pressure
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Scientific Research
  • Security
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Variational Principles

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