Modeling of pore pressure in a railway
embankment
Marcus Vestman
Civilingenjör, Väg- och vattenbyggnad
2018
Luleå tekniska universitet
1.
INTRODUCTION ... 1
2.
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION ... 3
2.1.
C
ONSOLIDATION... 3
2.2.
V
OLUME AND PORE WATER PRESSURE CHANGES... 4
2.3.
S
HEAR TESTS... 5
2.4.
S
HEAR WAVES... 7
2.5.
P
ROBLEMS WITH DISSIPATION OF EXCESS PORE PRESSURE... 8
2.6.
A
IM ANDO
BJECTIVES... 9
2.7.
S
IMPLIFICATIONS... 9
3.
METHOD ... 11
3.1.
M
ODEL... 11
3.1.1.
Design ... 11
3.1.2.
Material parameters... 13
3.1.3.
Model procedure ... 14
3.1.4.
Model differences ... 17
3.1.5.
Model specification – Mohr Coulomb ... 18
4.
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS ... 19
4.1.
M
EASURING POINTS... 19
4.2.
E
XCESS PORE PRESSURE... 21
4.2.1.
Effective stress ... 24
4.2.2.
Displacement ... 25
4.3.
M
ODEL RELIABILITY... 27
5.
DISCUSSION ... 29
6.
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK ... 31
6.1.
C
ONCLUSION... 31
6.2.
F
UTURE WORK... 31
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