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Numerical Modelling of Dynamic Compaction of Soils

  • Yue Zhang
  • , Majidreza Nazem*
  • , Annan Zhou
  • , John Carter
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
  • University of Newcastle

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Dynamic compaction is a process for densifying soils by repeatedly dropping a large tamper from a crane, and this process can be applied to densify a wide range of soils in place to depths greater than ten metres. This procedure has proved to be useful in reducing the potential for settlements associated with wetting of unsaturated soils. Although field experience and experimental tests indicate that compaction efficiency is related to the soil moisture content, the compaction process makes it difficult to install some measurement instruments below the impact areas to study different aspects of the response of unsaturated soils, such as suction and degree of saturation changes. Therefore, numerical modelling could be a more cost-effective way to gain a better understanding of the dynamic response of unsaturated soils and ultimately to improve the efficiency of dynamic compaction on unsaturated soils with different water contents. Due to the numerical difficulties caused by the complexity of constitutive models of unsaturated soils and the dynamic response of a three-phase system, the numerical simulation of dynamic compaction of soils is necessarily limited. In this paper, a finite element model has been developed with an advanced constitutive model implemented, and the generalised-α method has been applied to solve the global equations of motion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChallenges and Innovations in Geomechanics - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IACMAG - Volume 1
EditorsMarco Barla, Alice Di Donna, Donatella Sterpi
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages935-942
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030645137
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, IACMAG 2021 - Turin, Italy
Duration: 5 May 2021 → 8 May 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume125
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, IACMAG 2021
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTurin
Period5/05/21 → 8/05/21

Keywords

  • Dynamic compaction
  • Finite element method
  • Soil dynamics
  • Unsaturated soils

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