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INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON COMPUTATIONAL GEOTECHNICS Civil Engineering Department, Itenas 21-23 September 2010, Bandung, Indonesia Lecture 5 Modelling of Deep Excavations Prof. Masyhur Irsyam os ey Graz Universiy of Technslogy MODELLING OF DEEP EXCAVATIONS Helmut F, Schweiger Cemputasond Geotaries rp nett for Sah Mechs and Foundon Enpneeting Graz Unversy oTeetongy ee ‘CONTENTS [MODELLING OF DEEP EXCAVATIONS * Introduction = Benchmark - Example 1 + Show influence of constitutive model (qualitative assessment) + Benchmark - Example 2 + Comparison with hypoplastic model = Analysis of 5 different excavations in soft soil - comparison with in situ measurements, = Note on qle-reduction ‘Summary and conclusions eee MODELLING OF DEEP EXCAVATIONS. ay, INTRODUCTION Numerical analysis of deep excavations involves modelling of + various excavation stages + interaction wall / sol > interface elements + changes in groundwater level + struts or anchors (incuding load transfer to soi) + adjacent structures (buildings, tunnels, piles, ..) requires advanced constitutive model because + stress paths in sll are nat monotonic (significant change in| stress path direction) * primary loading and unloading /reloading occurs in different parts ofthe domain analysed + some areas will experience large strains with significant plastic deformations, others wll be inthe very small strain range fais not suffient atic me elearns MODELLING OF DEEP EXCAVATIONS INTRODUCTION

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