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Analysis of the Compressed Thickness Limitation Criterion in Soft Soils for Various Models of Creep Accounting

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The article presents the results of assessing the compressed thickness criterion for various hypotheses regarding the development of soil creep deformations. Using a simple example, it is shown that the calculations of the settlements development in time, based on the hypothesis that the creep phenomenon is observed only after the end of the filtration consolidation processes (hypothesis A), underestimate the active power of the compressed thickness of soft soils. It is concluded that it is advisable to calculate deformations in accordance with hypothesis B, when the process of creep of the soil skeleton is considered independently, regardless of the filtration consolidation process and its end time.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 4, July-August, 2021.

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Vasenin, V.A. Analysis of the Compressed Thickness Limitation Criterion in Soft Soils for Various Models of Creep Accounting. Soil Mech Found Eng 58, 280–286 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-021-09740-0

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