Poromechanical Solution for One‐Dimensional Large Strain Consolidation of Modified Cam‐Clay Soil

Abstract

A theoretical model describing the one‐dimensional large strain consolidation of the modified Cam‐Clay soil is presented in this paper. The model is based on the Lagrangian formulation and is capable of featuring the variability of soil compressibility (inherently due to the direct incorporation of the specific Cam‐Clay plasticity model) and permeability, as well as the impact of the overconsolidation ratio (OCR). The derivation starts from the establishment of the incremental stress–strain relations for both purely elastic and elastoplastic deformations under one‐dimensional compression conditions, and thereafter the coefficients of compressibility/volume change that are essential to the consolidation analysis. The governing partial differential equation is then neatly deduced in conjunction with the continuity and equilibrium conditions for the soil, with the vertical effective stress being the privileged unknown to be solved for. Subsequently, a semi‐analytical solution to the developed rigorous poroelastoplastic large strain consolidation model is obtained and verified with the ABAQUS finite element numerical results. Parametric analyses are finally provided to investigate in detail the influences of the soil overconsolidation ratio, large strain configuration, and the variability of the soil permeability on the calculated one‐dimensional consolidation response.