Hi, despite running a consolidation analysis using steady state ground flow calculation type the excess pore pressure won't dissipate. The ground stratifacation is as follows: Backfill followed by upper clay layer, sand in the middle and a clay layer…

I am currently modeling the reinforcement of a tailings dam. I'm using the Hardening Soil Model for the foundation materials and we are running a fully coupled flow-deformation analysis. We are observing that during the reiforcement phases the model is…

Hi all, There are 3 types of variation of excess PWP due to increase loading in the undrained soil as shown below. 01. The uniform variation can be obtained from the uniform loading as shown below. 02. high on top side and loa on bottom side…

Which of the above analyses is better for finding the variation of excess pore pressure with radial distance from a line drain?

I installed a PVD (line drain) on MCC soil model and completed a consolidation analysis. In the output, the excess pore pressure at the drain is non-zero. I have used very fine mesh for this study, taking the smallest element as possible. How can I make…

I am trying to simulate the effect of the installation of PVDs on soft soil (soil model used: MCC). The installation of PVD (in this case, a line drain) causes disturbance to the soil and creates three zones around the soil. A smear zone, a transition…

Hi, I am getting very high excess pore pressures at particular nodes beneath the pile cap, adjacent to the embedded beams as shown below,. This is causing very slow convergence and excess pwp is not changing after particular point. (fig 1 - phase before…