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Study on one-dimensional consolidation of saturated soil with semi-pervious boundaries and under cyclic loading

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The variation of effective stress ratio of stratfied soil with semi-pervious boundaries and under cyclic loading was analyzed on the basis of Terzagh's one-dimensional consolidation assumptions. A solution by Laplace Transform was obtained for the case when the soil was under time-varied loading. With numerical inversion of Laplace Transform, some useful results were obtained for several kinds of commonly encountered loadings. The results can be meaningful in engineering practice.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Liang Xu, Cai Yuan-qiang & Wu Shi-ming

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 59908012) and Fok Ying Tung Education Fundation (No. 81067), Education Ministry of China.

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Xu, L., Yuan-qiang, C. & Shi-ming, W. Study on one-dimensional consolidation of saturated soil with semi-pervious boundaries and under cyclic loading. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A 3, 513–519 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2002.0513

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