NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL

PREDICTIONS OF TUNIS SOFT

SOIL’S CONSOLIDATION
Authors: M Aya Rezgui :Doctorante
Mr.Lassad Ajam: assistant professor
Mr.Belgacem Jalleli : Associate Professor

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 TABLE OF
I.

II.
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
TERZAGHI'S THEORY - ASSUMPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS-

III. THE PROCEDURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOIL STUDIED

IV. ANALYTICAL PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION

V. NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF CONSOLIDATION

VI. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

VII. CONCLUSION
INTRODUC

TION
HIGHLIGHTS OF TUNIS SOFT
SOIL’ PROBLEMATIC

01
GEOTECHNICAL INVISTIGATIONS OF TUNIS
SOFT SOIL

very plastic

high proportion
of silt

very low
consistency

Very high void

ratio
 CRACKING OF A BUILDING UNDER THE
EFFECT OF A DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT

El Menzeh

Tunis center
WHAT’S CONSOLIDATION?
TERZAGHI'S THEORY
ASSUMPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS-
ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION

∆ σ𝒗

• the stress and strain states in any horizontal section and at

any instant are uniform;
• the deformations occur only in the vertical direction
• the flow of water is exclusively vertical and obeys Darcy’s law
• the effects, the phenomenon and its development in elements
of infinitesimal dimensions are extrapolated to the
representative dimensions of a real soil mass
• ,k, cc> remain constant for a small stress and strain interval
• there is a one-to-one relationship between the void ratio and
= the vertical
• effective stress the small displacement hypothesis is valid
(geometric linearity).
THE PROCEDURE AND

IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOIL

STUDIED
 OEDOMETER TEST

characteristics of Tunis Soft Soil

140 kPa
Parameters Values

(kN/)
18.4
(m/s)
1.78E-9
20mm E (kPa) 3955

 0.38
0.24
70mm 0.056
Porous stones inage Tunis soft soil * 0.0228
Metallic ring λ* 0.051
ANALYTICAL PREDICTION

CONSOLIDATION
 140 kPa PREDICTION ANALYTIQUE DE LA
CONSOLIDATION

Porous stone
∆ 𝒑 ( 𝟎 , 𝒕 ) =𝟎

=1cm

=2cm
Tunis Soft Soil
=1cm

∆ 𝒑 ( 𝟐 𝒅 , 𝒕 ) =𝟎

Porous stone
Isochrone at time factor
NUMERICAL PREDICTION

CONSOLIDATION
 PLAXIS 2D

MCM SSM SSM

Used for primary

Recommended for a
consolidation for
first analyis of the
normally –consolidate
project
clay
 Modelisation using SSM

 Geometric Model

 Boundary conditions
 Calculation process

INTIAL PHASE
Geostatic equilibrium

CONSOLIDATION
PHASE
Time dependent of
settelement and
excess pore
pressures

calculation run
RESULTS AND
DISCUSSION
The variation of the interstitial pressure as a function of Tv
The primary settlement of a cohesive soil s(t) results from
the volume of water squeezed out. It tends towards a limit
value s(t = ∞) which represents the maximum value or the
final settlement. Their ratio is called the degree of
consolidation U.
CONCLUSION
 The behavior predicted by the soft soil model "SSM" is in good agreement with the analytical values in terms of

excess pore pressure

 An equilibrium between external loading and pore pressure is reached more quickly by the "SSM" model than for

the analytical predictions.

 A consequence of this delay is immediately reflected in the consolidation degree curve.

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