Tri-Axial Confining Numerical Test and Settlement Analysis of the Gravel Layer

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Tri-Axial Confining Numerical Test and Settlement Analysis of the Gravel Layer

Zhang, Liang / Guo, Zhengwei / Liang, Zheng

The discrete element method (DEM) is used according to the discreteness of the gravel layer to analysis the gravel particle. This paper presents simulations of tri-axial experiment tests and settlement of gravel layer. The stress-strain curves of gravel layer were analysed with different confining pressure through tri-axial numerical test, and the effect with different particle parameters and confining pressures was analysed. The numerical model of gravel layer after the excavation was established by the DEM to statistically analyse the settlement of gravel layer. The analyses results show that confining pressure corresponds to axial pressure that be destroyed of gravel particle model. The static friction coefficient has little effect on the failure of the tri-axial confining experimental model. The experiment model with various particle sizes need higher axial stress that be destroyed than the same particle size. During the collapse of the gravel stratum, the gravels are closer to the top of the hole which have a larger shift of settlement and a faster sedimentation rate. If the gravel are further away from top of the hole which have a smaller shift of settlement and slower sedimentation rate. The settlement of gravel causes the forces variation in all directions.