<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Time dependence of soft soils has already been thoroughly investigated. The knowledge on creep and relaxation phenomena is generally available in the literature. However, it is still rarely applied in practice. Regarding the organic soils, geotechnical engineers mostly base their calculations on the simple assumptions. Yet, as presented within this article, the rate-dependent behaviour of soft soils is a very special and important feature. It influences both the strength and the stiffness of a soil depending on time. It is, thus, significant to account for time dependence in the geotechnical design when considering the soft soils. This can result in a more robust and economic design of geotechnical structures. Hence, the up-to-date possibilities of regarding creep in practice, which are provided by the existing theories, are reviewed herein.</p><p>In this article, we first justify the importance of creep effects in practical applications. Next, we present the fundamental theories explaining the time-dependent behaviour of organic soils. Finally, the revision of the existing constitutive models that can be used in numerical simulations involving soft soils is introduced. Both the models that are implemented in the commercial geotechnical software and some more advanced models that take into account further aspects of soft soils behaviour are revised. The assumptions, the basic equations along with the advantages and the drawbacks of the considered models are described.</p></abstract>

Time dependence of soft soils has already been thoroughly investigated. The knowledge on creep and relaxation phenomena is generally available in the literature. However, it is still rarely applied in practice. Regarding the organic soils, geotechnical engineers mostly base their calculations on the simple assumptions. Yet, as presented within this article, the rate-dependent behaviour of soft soils is a very special and important feature. It influences both the strength and the stiffness of a soil depending on time. It is, thus, significant to account for time dependence in the geotechnical design when considering the soft soils. This can result in a more robust and economic design of geotechnical structures. Hence, the up-to-date possibilities of regarding creep in practice, which are provided by the existing theories, are reviewed herein.In this article, we first justify the importance of creep effects in practical applications. Next, we present the fundamental theories explaining the time-dependent behaviour of organic soils. Finally, the revision of the existing constitutive models that can be used in numerical simulations involving soft soils is introduced. Both the models that are implemented in the commercial geotechnical software and some more advanced models that take into account further aspects of soft soils behaviour are revised. The assumptions, the basic equations along with the advantages and the drawbacks of the considered models are described.

Modelling the time-dependent behaviour of soft soils

Department of Geotechnics, Geology and Marine Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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Time dependence of soft soils has already been thoroughly investigated. The knowledge on creep and relaxation phenomena is generally available in the...

Modelling the time-dependent behaviour of soft soils

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 30, 2020

Page range: 97 - 110

Received: Jun 17, 2019

Accepted: Sep 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0034

Keywords
creep, soft soil, normally consolidated soils, elasto-viscoplastic model

© 2020 Katarzyna Staszewska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Modelling the time-dependent behaviour of soft soils

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 30, 2020

Page range: 97 - 110

Received: Jun 17, 2019

Accepted: Sep 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0034

Keywordscreep, soft soil, normally consolidated soils, elasto-viscoplastic model

© 2020 Katarzyna Staszewska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
creep, soft soil, normally consolidated soils, elasto-viscoplastic model