consolidation

Soil consolidation

The consolidation sub-package contains modules related to soil consolidation. Primarily it implements analytical solutions to consolidation problems described in the literature.

See also

geotecha.speccon : soil consolidation using the spectral method

Modules:

cosenzaandkorosak2014	Cosenza and Korosak (2014) “Secondary Consolidation of Clay as an Anomalous Diffusion Process”.
dengetal2013and2014	Deng et al (2013) and (2014), “Consolidation by vertical drains when the discharge capacity varies with depth and time”.
luetal2010	Lu et al (2010) “Composite foundation considering radial and vertical flows within the column and the variation of soil permeability within the disturbed soil zone”.
nogamiandli2003	Nogami and Li (2003) ‘Consolidation of Clay with a System of Vertical and Horizontal Drains’.
nogamiandli2003_interactive	This is really just way to interactively run a nomagimandli2003 analysis without polluting the the if __name__ == ‘__main__’ area of the nogamiandli2003 module.
schiffmanandstein1970	Schiffman and Stein 1970 “One-Dimensional consolidation of layered systems”.
schiffmanandstein1970_interactive	This is really just way to interactively run a schiffmanandstein1970 analysis without polluting the the if __name__ == ‘__main__’ area of the schiffmanandstein1970 module.
shanetal2012	Shan et al (2012) “Exact solutions for one-dimensional consolidation of single-layer unsaturated soil”.
smear_zones	Smear zones associated with vertical drain installation.
tangandonitsuka2000	Tang and Onitsuka (2000) “Consolidation by vertical drains under time-dependent loading”.
terzahi	Terzaghi one-dimensional consolidation
xieandleo2004	Xie and Leo (2004) “Analytical solutions of one-dimensional large strain consolidation of saturated and homogeneous clays”.
zhuandyin2012	Zhu and Yin (2012) “Analysis and mathematical solutions for consolidation of a soil layer with depth-dependent parameters under confined compression”.