Research Article

Numerical Analysis of Damaged River Embankment during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Using a Multiphase-Coupled FEM Analysis Method

Table 2

Soil parameters for damaged river embankment.

Soil parametersB1s/B1cB3s/B2cFoundation

Initial void ratio1.1591.1001.456
Density1.731.741.66
Compression index0.05000.05000.5930
Swelling index0.00570.00570.027
Normalized initial elastic shear modulus3401020255
Water permeability (m/s)1.11 × 10−62.66 × 10−78.10 × 10−9
Quasi-overconsolidation ratioOCR1.21.21.0
Stress ratio at phase transformation0.8910.8910.891
Stress ratio at failure1.2291.2290.891
Hardening parameter50002000100
Hardening parameter10010040
Hardening parameter0010
Dilatancy coefficient1.01.0
Dilatancy coefficient6.06.0
Reference value of plastic strain0.0010.001
Reference value of elastic strain0.0030.003
Viscoplastic parameter24.68
Viscoplastic parameter (1/s)1.00 × 10−6
Viscoplastic parameter (1/s)3.83 × 10−7
Hardening parameter0.00.05.9
Hardening parameter0.00.01.8
Hardening parameter50.1141.6
Elastic shear modulus parameter1.01.0
Elastic shear modulus parameter1.01.0
Elastic shear modulus parameter1.01.0
Anisotropy disappearance parameter20002000
Nonassociativity flow rule0.020.02
Stiffness recovery rate20002000

This parameter is not used in dynamic analysis.