Consolidation Behavior of an Embankment Dam Using Plaxis, a Parametric Study

Generally, all sorts of soil embankment constructed on soft grounds can cause problematic settlements, which demonstrates the undeniable importance of consolidation. In this paper consolidation behavior of an earth -fill dam has been modeled with finite element software Plaxis-2D. The results, were verified with field measurements, demonstrate that consolidation will be over within about 219 years. Another main objective of present paper is to conduct a sensitivity analysis in order to study the effect of creep, swelling and compression indexes on soil creep behavior

Keywords:

Embankment dam , Creep index , Swelling index , Soil creep