Drain Groups in Liquefiable Soil

A. J. Brennan and S. P. G. Madabhushi
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A. J. Brennan: University of Dundee, UK
S. P. G. Madabhushi: University of Cambridge, UK

International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE), 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 67-82

Abstract: One of the major concerns for engineers in seismically active regions is the prevention of damage caused by earthquake-induced soil liquefaction. Vertical drains can aid dissipation of excess pore pressures both during and after earthquakes. Drain systems are designed using standard design charts based around the concept of a unit cell, assuming each drain is surrounded by more drains. It is unclear how predictable drain performance is outside that unit cell concept, for example, drains at the edge of a group. Centrifuge testing is a logical method of performing controlled experiments to establish the efficacy of vertical drains. Centrifuge testing is used to identify the effect of drains dealing with very different catchment areas. The importance of this is further highlighted by the results of a test where the same drains have been modified so that each should behave as a unit cell. It is shown that drains with large catchment areas perform more poorly than unit cells, and also have a knock-on detrimental effect on other drains.

Date: 2011
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