ZHU Bin, FENG Ling-yun, CHAI Neng-bin, et al. Centrifugal model test and numerical analysis of deformation and stability of seawall on soft clay[J]. 2016, 37(11): 3317-3323.
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ZHU Bin, FENG Ling-yun, CHAI Neng-bin, et al. Centrifugal model test and numerical analysis of deformation and stability of seawall on soft clay[J]. 2016, 37(11): 3317-3323.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.11.034.
Centrifugal model test and numerical analysis of deformation and stability of seawall on soft clay
Deformation and stability of the seawall on soft clay are the key problems for reclamation engineering. Centrifugal model test is carried out to obtain the soft clay settlements
where the variable acceleration method and constant acceleration method are applied to simulate the construction process and operating phase
respectively. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique is also introduced to capture the potential failure mode of seawall. Further
based on the total stress and effective stress analysis methods
the changes of global stability with time are analyzed by using GeoStudio software in both the construction process and operating phrase. Physical and numerical simulation results show that the centrifugal model test is able to reflect the deformation and stability behaviors of the seawall to a certain extent; and its data is in good agreement with that obtained by numerical simulation. The sliding surface of the seawall passes through the soft clay
leading to an immediate settlement of more than 1 m. In addition
the safety factor of global stability increases gradually with time after the seawall construction due to the dissipation of excess pore pressure. The maximum vertical and horizontal displacements are located at the axis and the toe of the seawall