Soil Creep
Soil Creep
(OP)
I am currently working on a project involving soil creep and I was wondering if there are any equations/ calculations available. So far I have been unsuccessful in finding an equation telling me how to calucalte the lateral forces from soil creep and if anyone knows of an equation or if there even is an equation it would be much appreciated.
In addition, please feel free to post any information or suggestions when dealing with soil creep.
Thanks,
Brian
In addition, please feel free to post any information or suggestions when dealing with soil creep.
Thanks,
Brian





RE: Soil Creep
Hope this helps.
f-d
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
RE: Soil Creep
RE: Soil Creep
In my case, prescribing the failure surface, or a surface over which creep occurs, could be reasonably estimated, because it was coluvium creeping over top of rock, and the rock was thestable top of support. May be difficult for your problem if there is no rock.
Good luck - not an easy problem. My gut feel is that the approach I describe is reasonably conservative and captures all the soil mechanics that influence the problem. Incidentally, the projects I worked on held up fine.
RE: Soil Creep
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f-d
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
RE: Soil Creep
RE: Soil Creep
If compression occurs in the absence of excess pore pressure, then all of the original loading has been conveyed to the soil grains (i.e., no further excess pore pressure, T100). However, any observation of C-sub-alpha reveals there is continued change in void ratio.
From my way of thinking, however, this has nothing to do with the original post. But, sometimes I'm stubborn - ha.
f-d
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
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