Axisymmetric Consolidation of Unsaturated Soils by Differential Quadrature Method

Table 2

Different excess pore-air pressures 𝑢_𝑎/𝑞 under time factor 𝑇 with different discrete points 𝑁 (𝑘_𝑎/𝑘_𝑤=0.1 and 𝑟=1 m).

𝑇	𝑁=5	𝑁=7	𝑁=9	𝑁=11	𝑁=13	𝑁=15	𝑁=17
1×10^−6	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050
1×10^−4	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050	0.050
5×10^−2	0.048	0.048	0.048	0.048	0.048	0.048	0.048
1×10^−1	0.046	0.045	0.045	0.045	0.045	0.045	0.045
2×10^−1	0.042	0.041	0.040	0.040	0.040	0.040	0.010
5×10^−1	0.035	0.033	0.032	0.032	0.032	0.031	0.031