cosenzaandkorosak2014

Function summary

cosenzaandkorosak2014(z, t, theta, v[, …]) Secondary consolidation of Clay as an anomalous diffusion process
plot_one_dim_consol(z, t[, por, doc, …]) Rough plotting routine

Module listing

Cosenza and Korosak (2014) “Secondary Consolidation of Clay as an Anomalous Diffusion Process”.

geotecha.consolidation.cosenzaandkorosak2014.cosenzaandkorosak2014(z, t, theta, v, tpor=None, L=1, kv=1, mv=0.1, gamw=10, ui=1, nterms=100)[source]

Secondary consolidation of Clay as an anomalous diffusion process

An implementation of [1].

Features:

  • Single layer, soil properties constant over time.
  • Instant load uniform with depth.
  • Vertical flow.
  • Similar to Terzaghi 1d consolidation equation but with additional fractional time derivative that retards pore pressure dissipation as a possible creep mechanism.
  • Uses Laplace transform in solution.
Parameters:
z : float or 1d array/list of float

Depth.

t : float or 1d array/list of float

Time.

theta : float or array/list of float

Parameter in [1].

v : float or array/list of float

Parameter in [1].

tpor : float or 1d array/list of float

Time values for pore pressure vs depth calcs.

L : float, optional

Drainage path length. Default H = 1.

kv : float, optional

Vertical coefficient of permeability. Default kv = 1.

mv : float, optional

Volume compressibility. Default mv = 0.1.

gamw : float, optional

Unit weight of water. defaule gamw = 10.

ui : float, optional

Initial uniform pore water pressure. Default ui = 1.

nterms : int, optional

Maximum number of series terms. Default nterms= 100.

Returns:
por : 2d array of float

Pore pressure at depth and time. ppress is an array of size (len(z), len(t)).

avp : 1d array of float

Average pore pressure between depth H and depth Z.

settlement : 1d array of float

Surface settlement at depth z.

Notes

The article [1] only has single values of theta and v. Here I’ve simply added more.

References

Code developed based on [1]

[1](1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Cosenza, Philippe, and Dean Korosak. 2014. ‘Secondary Consolidation of Clay as an Anomalous Diffusion Process’. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics: doi:10.1002/nag.2256.
geotecha.consolidation.cosenzaandkorosak2014.plot_one_dim_consol(z, t, por=None, doc=None, settle=None, uavg=None)[source]

Rough plotting routine