Consolidation Analyses of Soils

When stresses are applied to saturated soil, deformation will occur as water in voids is squeezed out. Consolidation Analyses of Soils focuses on the consolidation of fully saturated soils. The book follows a classic approach by beginning with one-dimensional constitutive relations of soils and one-dimensional consolidation. It then moves on to analytical solutions to several one-dimensional consolidation problems and one-dimensional finite strain consolidation.

The authors also present a finite element method for consolidation analysis of one-dimensional problems, analytical solutions to consolidation of soil with vertical drains, and a finite difference method for consolidation analysis of one-dimensional problems. Simplified methods for consolidation analysis of soils exhibiting creep are introduced and applied to different cases. Three-dimensional consolidation equations and solutions of typical three-dimensional consolidation problems are covered, as well as simplified finite element consolidation analysis of soils with vertical drain and finite element method for three-dimensional consolidation problems.

The book is unique in that it covers both classic solutions and state-of-the-art work in consolidation analyses of soils.

Jian-Hua Yin is Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Guofu Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Structures and Mechanics at Wuhan University of Technology, China.

Jian-Hua Yin received a PhD from the University of Manitoba and joined as an Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1995. He became Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics in 2014. Professor Yin also serves as Vice President of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), co-editor of International Journal of Geomechanics, and a co-editor of Geomechanics and Geoengineering (UK). He has received the John Booker Medal, Chandra S. Desai Excellence Award, and Outstanding Contributions Medal from IACMAG.

Dr Guo-Fu Zhu received his PhD from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1999 and was appointed Professor in the Department of Engineering Structures and Mechanics at Wuhan University of Technology in 2005. His research interests include numerical methods and computer programming development in geotechnical engineering, consolidation analysis of soils, piled foundations, testing study of soil properties, and numerical modeling for various geotechnical structures. He has produced more than seventy publications in referred journals and conference proceedings.