Research Article

Monitoring and Prediction Analysis of Settlement for the Substation on Soft Clay Foundation

Table 3

HSS model input parameters.

ParametersDescriptionSoil layer number
Reinforced soil

Effective cohesion1513195546
Effective friction angle11.819.413.1322441
(degree)Dilatancy angle000209
(kPa)Reference stress for stiffness100100100100100100
Power for the stress-level dependency of stiffness0.80.50.80.50.50.8
Poisson ratio0.20.20.20.20.20.2
(MPa)Reference shear modulus at very small strain79.5191.791.8224199.8540
(MPa)Reference tangent stiffness for primary oedometer loading9.321.310.23622.263.5
(MPa)Reference secant stiffness in standard drained triaxial test9.321.310.23622.263.5
(MPa)Reference unloading/reloading stiffness at engineering strains26.163.930.67866.6180
value for normal consolidation0.790.670.770.470.590.34
Failure ratio0.90.90.90.90.90.9
Shear strain at which 2.42.52.32.72.93.2