<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The oedometric test is a test widely used in civil engineering. The main objective of this article has been to investigate the primary consolidation behaviour of the intact soil samples by comparing the results obtained from finite element analysis computations in PlAXIS<sup>2D</sup> with the experimental result of the soil samples obtained from the site of the Al-Ahdab oil field in the east of Iraq. Three different material models were utilized during the finite element analysis, comparing the performance of the more advanced constitutive Soft Soil material model against the modified Cam Clay and Mohr-Coulomb material models. Numerical results of Oedomter test show that the Soft Soil model behaviour is the most appropriate model to describe the observed behaviour.</p></abstract>

The oedometric test is a test widely used in civil engineering. The main objective of this article has been to investigate the primary consolidation behaviour of the intact soil samples by comparing the results obtained from finite element analysis computations in PlAXIS2D with the experimental result of the soil samples obtained from the site of the Al-Ahdab oil field in the east of Iraq. Three different material models were utilized during the finite element analysis, comparing the performance of the more advanced constitutive Soft Soil material model against the modified Cam Clay and Mohr-Coulomb material models. Numerical results of Oedomter test show that the Soft Soil model behaviour is the most appropriate model to describe the observed behaviour.

Numerical Modelling of Oedometer Test

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Sciences & Technology, Research Laboratory Civil Engineering

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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The oedometric test is a test widely used in civil engineering. The main objective of this article has been to investigate the primary consolidation behaviour...

Numerical Modelling of Oedometer Test

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 127 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2020-0025

Keywords
consolidation, PLAXIS, behaviour, numerical, soil samples

© 2020 Hana Agraine et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Numerical Modelling of Oedometer Test

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 127 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2020-0025

Keywordsconsolidation, PLAXIS, behaviour, numerical, soil samples

© 2020 Hana Agraine et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
consolidation, PLAXIS, behaviour, numerical, soil samples