ZHOU Jian, CAI Lu, LUO Ling-hui, et al. Limit equilibrium analysis of anisotropic soft clay stability against
excavation basal heave[J]. 2019, 40(12): 4848-4856.
DOI:
ZHOU Jian, CAI Lu, LUO Ling-hui, et al. Limit equilibrium analysis of anisotropic soft clay stability against
excavation basal heave[J]. 2019, 40(12): 4848-4856.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2018.1861.
Limit equilibrium analysis of anisotropic soft clay stability against
excavation basal heave
The anisotropic properties of soft clays are closely related to the sedimentary environment and stress history. Based on a theoretical formula of anisotropic undrained shear strength which take soft clay characteristics into account
this paper analyzes the soft clay stability against basal heave with slip circle method with consideration of strength reduction on the failure surface. The considered strength reduction formula can be expressed as
which means shear strength on the failure surface equals to the undrained shear strength times the cosine value of effective internal friction angle. Stability against basal heave of excavation is studied. Based on a number of examples
the influences of geometrical factors such as the excavation depth H
embedded depth D
and relative distance of the lowest support to the pit bottom He/H are analyzed. Strength factors such as the effective internal friction angle
anisotropic strength ratio k and slope of heterogeneous shear strength versus depth are also investigated. Finally
the applicability of the formula is verified by the engineering example. This paper provides a new idea for the stability analysis against excavation basal heave.