Abstract (EN):
One possible solution to improve stability against bottom heave failure in strutted excavation in
soft soils consists of extending the wall below the excavation base and, before excavation, constructing a
jet-grout slab to support the wall below the excavation level. Using a computer code based on the finite element
method, the consolidation effect on a strutted excavation in soft soil reinforced with a base jet-grout slab is
analysed. The numerical model incorporates the Biot consolidation theory (coupled analysis) with soil constitutive
relations simulated by the p-q-¿ critical state model. Special emphasis is given to the analysis, during and
after the construction period, of the pore pressures, stress levels and displacements in the ground, as well as strut
compression loads, wall displacements and bending moments, earth pressures on the wall faces and compression
loads and bending moments on the jet-grout slab.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
8