Earth Fill Modelling with Finite Element Method

Aydın Kavaka; Fuat Okaya; Serdar Doğanb; Utkan Mutmana

doi:10.3390/mca16030565

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1 December 2011

Earth Fill Modelling with Finite Element Method

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Kocaeli University, Civil Engineering Department, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Math. Comput. Appl.2011, 16(3), 565-575;https://doi.org/10.3390/mca16030565

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine load-deformation characteristics at different fill layers of a high fill and to determine typical modeling parameters by using plate loading tests in a real construction site. The average value of the modulus of elasticity Eplaxis was found to be 53 MN/m2 and Poisson’s ratio was found to be 0.2 for the dense sand soil of the construction site. With proper compaction, load-deformation characteristics were found to be almost identical in different layers of the fill and very close to that of the natural soil.

Keywords:

Granular fill; Plate loading test; Plaxis; Elasticity modulus

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