Analytical solution to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils

This paper presents an analytical solution of the one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soil with a finite thickness under vertical loading and confinements in the lateral directions. The boundary contains the top surface permeable to water and air and the bottom impermeable to water and air. The analytical solution is for Fredlund＇s one-dimensional consolidation equation in unsaturated soils. The transfer relationship between the state vectors at top surface and any depth is obtained by using the Laplace transform and Cayley-Hamilton mathematical methods to the governing equations of water and air, Darcy＇s law and Fick＇s law. Excess pore-air pressure, excess pore-water pressure and settlement in the Laplace-transformed domain are obtained by using the Laplace transform with the initial conditions and boundary conditions. By performing inverse Laplace transforms, the analytical solutions are obtained in the time domain. A typical example illustrates the consolidation characteristics of unsaturated soil from an- alytical results. Finally, comparisons between the analytical solutions and results of the finite difference method indicate that the analytical solution is correct.     

Semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soils with semi-permeable drainage boundary

The semi-analytical solutions to Fredlund and Hasan's one-dimensional(1 D)consolidation for unsaturated soils with a semi-permeable drainage boundary are presented. Two variables are introduced to transform the two coupled governing equations of pore-water and pore-air pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations(PDFs), which are easily solved by the Laplace transform method. Then, the pore-water pressure, pore-air pressure, and soil settlement are obtained in the Laplace domain. The Crump method is adopted to perform the inverse Laplace transform in order to obtain the semi-analytical solutions in the time domain. It is shown that the proposed solutions are more applicable to various types of boundary conditions and agree well with the existing solutions from the literature. Several numerical examples are provided to investigate the consolidation behavior of an unsaturated single-layer soil with single, double, mixed, and semi-permeable drainage boundaries. The changes in the pore-air and pore-water pressures and the soil settlement with the time factor at different values of the semi-permeable drainage boundary parameters are illustrated. In addition, parametric studies are conducted on the pore-air and pore-water pressures at different ratios(the air permeability coefficient to the water permeability coefficient) and depths.     

General semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soils

This paper presents general semi-analytical solutions to Fredlund and Hasan's one-dimensional(1D) consolidation equations for unsaturated soils subject to different initial conditions, homogeneous boundaries and time-dependent loadings. Two variables are introduced to transform the two-coupled governing equations of pore-water and poreair pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations(PDEs), which are solved with the Laplace transform method. The pore-water and pore-air pressures and settlement are obtained in the Laplace transform domain. The Crump's method is used to perform inverse Laplace transform to obtain the solutions in the time domain. The present solutions are more general in practical applications and show good agreement with the previous solutions in the literature.     

CONSOLIDATION THEORY OF UNSATURATED SOIL BASED ON THE THEORY OF MIXTURE(Ⅱ)

The present paper uses the mathematics model for consolidation of unsaturatedsoil developed in ref.[1]to solve boundary value problems.The analytical solutionsfor one-dimensional consolidation problem are gained by making use of Laplacetransform and finite Fourier transform.The displacement and the pore water pressureas well as the pore gas pressure are found from governing equations simultaneously.The theoretical formulae of coefficient and degree of consolidation are also given inthe paper.With the help of the method of Galerkin Weighted Residuals,the finiteelement equations for two-dimensional consolidation problem are derived.A FORTRANprogram named CSU8 using8-node isoparameter element is designed.A plane strainconsolidation problem is solved using the program,and some distinguishing features onconsolidation of unsaturated soil and certain peculiarities on numerical analysis arerevealed.These achievements make it convenient to apply the theory proposed by theauthor in engineering practice.     

A new method for solving Biot＇s consolidation of a finite soil layer in the cylindrical coordinate system

A new method is developed to solve Biot＇s consolidation of a finite soil layer in the cylindrical coordinate system. Based on the governing equations of Biot＇s consolidation and the technique of Laplace transform, Fourier expansions and Hankel transform with respect to time t, coordinate θ and coordinate r, respectively, a relationship of displacements, stresses, excess pore water pressure and flux is established between the ground surface （z = 0） and an arbitrary depth z in the Laplace and Hankel transform domain. By referring to proper boundary conditions of the finite soil layer, the solutions for displacements, stresses, excess pore water pressure and flux of any point in the transform domain can be obtained. The actual solutions in the physical domain can be acquired by inverting the Laplace and the Hankel transforms.     

Time-domain Green’s functions for unsaturated soils. Part II: Three-dimensional solution

The presented paper has been dedicated to complete the closed form three-dimensional fundamental solutions of the governing differential equations for an unsaturated deformable porous media with linear elastic behavior and a symmetric spherical domain in both Laplace transform and time domains. The governing differential equations consist of equilibrium, air and water transfer equations including the suction effect and dissolved air in water. The obtained Green’s functions have been derived exactly, for the first time, using the linear form of the governing differential equations and considering the effects of non-linearity of the governing equations and have been verified in both frequency and time domains.     

Time-domain Green’s functions for unsaturated soils. Part I: Two-dimensional solution

In this article, primarily a brief discussion about the formulation of unsaturated soils including the equilibrium, air and moisture transfer equations is presented. Then the closed form two-dimensional Green’s functions of the governing differential equations for an unsaturated deformable porous medium with linear elastic behavior for a symmetric polar domain in both Laplace transform and time domains have been introduced, for the first time. Using the linear form of the governing differential equations and considering the effects of non-linearity of the governing equations, the Green’s functions have been derived exactly and verified in both Laplace transform and time domains.     

Two-dimensional transient thermo-hydro-mechanical fundamental solutions of multiphase porous media in frequency and time domains

In this paper, the closed form two-dimensional fundamental solutions for a non-isothermal unsaturated deformable porous medium have been derived for a symmetric polar domain in both Laplace transform and time domains. The governing differential equations of the non-isothermal unsaturated soil consist of equilibrium, moisture, air and heat transfer equations including the suction effect, temperature effect and dissolved air in water. The derived fundamental solution has been verified mathematically by comparison with the previously presented corresponding fundamental solutions in three limiting cases including the steady-state thermo-hydro-mechanical, steady-state hydro-mechanical and elastostatic fundamental solutions. Also these 2D kernel functions are tested in comparison with a finite element method (FEM).     

层状饱和土Biot固结问题状态空间法

针对饱和多孔介质空间非轴对Biot固结问题，引入状态变量，构造了两组相比独立的状态变量方程，利用Fourier级数和Laplace-Hankel变换，将状态变量方程转换为两组一阶常微分方程组，提出了均质饱和多孔介质空间非轴对称Biot固结问题的传递矩阵，得到以状态变量和传递矩阵乘积的形式表示的均质饱和多孔介质空间非轴对称Biot固结问题的解，利用层间完全接触的条件，可得到N层饱和多孔介质空间非轴对称Biot固结问题的一般解析表达式，文中考虑几种不同的边界条件，分析了两个算例，数值结果表明该方法具有较高的计算精度和良好的计算稳定性。     

岩土介质非稳态热固结耦合问题的热源函数法

考虑耦合效应的饱和土体热固结问题控制方程,利用Fourier变换、Laplace变换给出其在变换域上的解,将初始温度场分布视为虚拟的热源或者将热源等价为特定的初始温度分布,利用热源函数法给出瞬时线热源非稳态温度场、应力场和位移场的解析求解方法,通过在时间域和空间域上进行积分,给出有初始温度场分布以及有分布内热源存在且热源强度随时间变化条件下的热固结问题计算方法。对一无限大物体内存在有平面矩形域热源情况下周围介质的温度、孔隙水压力以及位移等的变化特征进行分析。研究表明,热源函数法可有效地求解一系列复杂情况下的热固结问题。     

考虑在地基固结和流变的上部结构和地基基础的共同作用问题

本文提出一种能同时考虑地基的瞬时变形,团结变形和流变的地基基础与上部结构共同作用的一种新的计算方法,在这种方法中,土的计算考虑了Biot固结理论和流变,上部结构利用子结构法进行凝聚可得边界刚度矩阵和边界力,利用位移协讯条件则可以得到共同作用的控制方程,对上述方程进行Laplace变换,可以得到Laplace变换域内的控制方程,在Laplace变换域内对上述方程进行数值求解并进行相应的Laplace逆变换则可以得到时间境内任意时刻的解。     

Relaxation Effects of a Saturated Porous Media Using the Two-Dimensional Generalized Thermoelastic Theory

A model of the equations of a generalized thermoelasticity (GT) with relaxation times for a saturated porous medium is given in this article. The formulation can be applied to the GT theories: Lord–Shulman theory, Green–Lindsay theory, and Coupled theory for the porous medium. A two-dimensional thermoelastic problem that is subjected to a time-dependent thermal/mechanical source is investigated with the model of the generalized porous thermoelasticity. By using the Laplace transform and the Fourier transform technique, solutions for the displacement, temperature, pore pressure, and stresses are obtained with a semi-analytical approach in the transform domain. Numerical results are also performed for portraying the nature of variations of the field variables. In addition, comparisons are presented with the corresponding four theories.     

条形荷载下梯度非均匀非饱和土的动力响应分析

基于多孔介质混合物理论, 建立了梯度非均匀非饱和土地基模型, 研究了条形荷载作用下梯度非均匀非饱和土地基的动力响应问题. 通过傅里叶积分变换和Helmholtz矢量分解原理, 获得频域内非饱和土地基动力响应问题的通解, 结合回传射线矩阵法和边界条件, 求解获得了非均匀非饱和土层中位移、应力以及孔隙压力的计算列式. 假设沿深度方向梯度非均匀非饱和土的物理力学性质按幂函数连续变化, 通过数值傅里叶逆变换得到了非均匀非饱和土地基中的应力、位移以及孔隙压力等物理量的数值解, 分析讨论了土体非均匀性对非饱和土介质动力响应的影响规律. 结果表明: 土体非均匀性显著改变了非饱和土中竖向位移、正应力和孔隙压力在其深度方向上的振动模态, 其中孔隙气压在其深度方向的振动频率随着梯度因子的增加而不断增大, 波峰值不断靠近地表处附近; 竖向位移随着梯度因子的增大不断减小; 正应力和孔隙水压随着梯度因子的增大先增大后减小, 并且土体非均匀程度越高, 正应力与孔隙水压的幅值越大.      

渗透各向异性可压缩地基固结的平面应变分析

对多层地基的平面应变固结问题进行了研究,并同时考虑了土体的渗透各向异性和孔隙流体的可压缩性.从平而应变Biot固结的控制方程出发,对时间t,坐标z和x进行Laplace和Fourier变换,建立了地基表面(z=O)和任意深度z处的基本量在Laplauce-Fourier变换域内的传递矩阵关系.利用传递矩阵法,结合土层连续条件和边界条件,并应用Laplace-Fourier逆变换技术,推导出渗透各向异性可压缩多层地基平面应变固结的理论解.基于该解,编制了计算程序,并进行了数值计算.讨论了土体的渗透各向异性、孔隙流体的可压缩性以及地基的分层特性对地基同结的影响,分析结果表明:土体的渗透各向异性、孔隙流体的可压缩性,以及地基的分层特性对地基的固结行为有着重要的影响.     

粘弹性饱和土体中半封闭圆形隧洞的动力响应分析

基于Biot波动方程,研究分析了粘弹性饱和土体中半封闭圆形隧洞的动力响应问题．假定衬砌材料为多孔介质,引入了更符合工程实际的半封闭边界条件．通过引入势函数,在Laplace变换域中得到隧洞边界上作用轴对称荷载和流体压力条件下应力、位移和超孔隙水压力的解答．利用Laplace数值逆变换得到时域中的解,分析了隧洞边界的半透水特性对隧洞动力响应问题的影响,结果表明：隧洞边界的半透水特性对应力、位移场的变化和超孔隙水压力的消散有很大的影响,透水和不透水下条件的解仅是本文的两个特例。     

Plane strain consolidation of a multi-layered soil with anisotrpic permeability and compressible constituents

对多层地基的平面应变固结问题进行了研究,并同时考虑了土体的渗透各向异性和孔隙 流体的可压缩性. 从平面应变Biot固结的控制方程出发,对时间t, 坐标z和x进行 Laplace和Fourier变换,建立了地基表面(z=0)和任意深度z处的基本量 在Laplace-Fourier变换域内的传递矩阵关系. 利用传递矩阵 法,结合土层连续条件和边界条件,并应用Laplace-Fourier逆变换技术,推导出渗透各向 异性可压缩多层地基平面应变固结的理论解. 基于该解,编制了计算程序,并进行了 数值计算. 讨论了土体的渗透各向异性、孔隙流体的可压缩性以及地基的分层特性对地基固 结的影响,分析结果表明：土体的渗透各向异性、孔隙流体的可压缩性,以及地基的分层特 性对地基的固结行为有着重要的影响.     

A new analytical solution to axisymmetric Blot's consolidation of a finite soil layer

A new analytical method is presented to study the axisymmetric Blot's consolidation of a finite soil layer. Starting from the governing equations of axisymmetric Blot's consolidation, and based on the property of Laplace transform, the relation of basic variables for a point of a finite soil layer is established between the ground surface (z= 0) and the depth z in the Laplace and Hankel transform domains. Combined with the boundary conditions of the finite soil layer, the analytical solution of any point in the transform domain can be obtained. The actual solution in the physical domain can be obtained by inverse Laplace and Hankel transforms. A numerical analysis for the axisymmetric consolidation of a finite soil layer is carried out.     

Transient Heat and Moisture Flow Around Heat Source Buried in an Unsaturated Half Space

This article presents solutions for the transient heat and moisture transport due to both disk heat source and cylindrical heat source buried in an unsaturated half space. The solutions are presented in Hankel–Laplace transform domain and in dimensionless style. Coupled effect of thermally driven moisture transport is especially investigated because of its importance to alter the flow field in low-permeability medium. Parametric study has been performed to assess the effects of five independent dimensionless parameters on flow field. The stability and accuracy of the present solutions are demonstrated from the comparison between the results obtained from these solutions and those by using a well-established finite element code CODE_BRIGHT. Despite the simplified assumptions required in order to obtain analytical solutions in Hankel–Laplace transform domain, the results incorporate the main mechanisms involved in the coupled thermo-hydraulic (T-H) problem, and they may be eventually used for validation purposes.     

Plane strain consolidation of soil layer with anisotropic permeability

This paper presents an alternative analytical technique to study a plane strain consolidation of a poroelastic soil by taking into account the anisotropy of permeability. From the governing equations of a saturated poroelastic soil, the relationship of basic variables for a point of a soil layer is established between the ground surface （z=0） and the depth z in the Laplace-Fourier transform domain. Combined with the boundary conditions, an exact solution is derived for plane strain Biot＇s consolidation of a finite soil layer with anisotropic permeability in the transform domain. Numerical inversions of the Laplace transform and the Fourier transform are adopted to obtain the actual solution in the physical domain. Numerical results of plane strain Biot＇s consolidation for a single soil layer show that the anisotropic of permeability has a great influence on the consolidation behavior of the soils.     

求解饱和半空间上弹性圆板固结沉降的积分方程

本文采用解析方法分析了弹性圆板在饮和半空间上的固结沉降。考虑弹性圆板与饮和半空间的接触面上无摩擦力,且饱和半空间表面为全部透水的。运用Ｂｉｏｔ固结理论和积分方程技术,在Ｌａｐｌａｃｅ变换域上建立了弹性圆板固结沉降的对偶积分方程,并化此对偶积分方程为第二类Ｆｒｅｄｈｏｌｍ积分方程。通过对其核函数的有效数值发得到第二类Ｆｒｅｄｈｏｌｍ积分方程的解,再利用Ｌａｐａｃｅ反演技术获得弹性板在时间域中的固结沉