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2017-07-01

Class A prediction of a retaining structure made by a pile curtain wall executed on a tropical soil

Predicción clase A de una estructura de contención en pilotes ejecutada en suelo tropical

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unsaturated response, numerical prediction, hypoplasticity, retaining structures, pile curtain (en)
respuesta no saturada, predicción numérica, hipoplasticidad, estructuras de contención, pilotes tangentes (es)

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Some retaining structures can be designed on a temporary basis, in accordance to the geotechnical design and a predefined construction plan. Off course this may not be valid elsewhere, but in Brasília, where residual and laterized soils do prevail, best mechanical resistances are obtained in the porous clay setrata along the dry season. That means, it is controlled by soil´s suction, i.e. soil behavior presents a dependency on the unsaturated response of the medium. In numerical terms, to predict the soil-structure behavior it is necessary to include the atmosphere-soil interaction in the computational tool, using a hypoplastic model. The paper thus details on this aspect and on the numerical simulations of an existing retaining structure founded in the tropical soil of Brasília. The structure was monitored in terms of displacement, along local dry and wet seasons, and was simulated by a constitutive law calibrated by means of unsaturated laboratory tests.
Algunas estructuras de contención de acuerdo con su diseño geotécnico y plan de construcción predefinido.  Por supuesto, esto no extrapolable a todos los sitios de análisis, sin embargo, en Brasilia, donde predominan los suelos residuales y lateralizados, se obtienen las mejores resistencias mecánicas en los estratos porosos durante la estación seca. Esto significa que es controlada por la succión del suelo, es decir, el comportamiento del material presenta una dependencia de la respuesta no saturada del medio. En términos numéricos, para predecir el comportamiento suelo-estructura fue necesario incluir la interacción atmósfera-suelo en una herramienta computacional, utilizando un modelo hipoplástico. El trabajo detalla de esta manera las simulaciones numéricas de una estructura de retención fundada en el suelo tropical de Brasilia. La estructura fue monitoreada en términos de desplazamiento, a lo largo de las estaciones locales secas y húmedas, y fue simulada por una ley constitutiva calibrada mediante pruebas de laboratorio no saturadas.

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