Abstract
When modelling soil below the piezometric line, mostly two-phase models are used in traditional soil mechanics. Such two-phase models consider solids and water, which is mostly assumed to be non-compressible. Under certain conditions it may be beneficial to incorporate the variable compressibility of water, resulting from gas inclusions contained in the pore water. Especially if looking at relatively fast load changes such an approach may lead to improved solutions concerning time-dependent distribution of pore water pressure and deformation characteristics of soil. The paper takes reference of past developments and illustrates the current state with practical geotechnical applications.
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Schulze, R., Stelzer, O. (2015). Soil modelling considering the influence of gas inclusions in pore water below the piezometric line - a short introduction. In: Schanz, T., Hettler, A. (eds) Aktuelle Forschung in der Bodenmechanik 2015. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45991-1_7
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