Settle material parameters

Name

Symbol in Settle3D1

Units2

sat

(F / L3)
(F / L3)

1-D Youngs modulus:

1-D unload/reload modulus:
Youngs modulus:
unload/reload modulus:

Es
Esur
E
Eur

(Stress)
(Stress)
(Stress)
(Stress)

Poissons ratio:

Unit weight:
Saturated unit weight

Immediate Settlement:

Consolidation Settlement
Linear
Coefficient of compressibility:
Unload/reload coefficient of compressibility:

mv
mvur

(Stress-1)
(Stress-1)

Non-linear
Compression index:
Compression index (strain based):

Cc
Cce

Recompression index:
Recompression index (strain based):

Cr
Cre

Effective preconsolidation stress:

Overconsolidation ratio:
Overconsolidation margin:
Initial void ratio:

Pc
OCR
OCM
e0

Janbu
Modulus number:
Recompression modulus number
1
2

m
mr

Symbols in italics are not used in Settle3D but are used in the documentation
F = force, L = length, T = time

(Stress)
(Stress)

Stress exponent:

Effective preconsolidation stress:

Overconsolidation ratio:
Overconsolidation margin:

Pc
OCR
OCM

(Stress)
(Stress)

Koppejan
Compression index:
Creep compression index:

Cp
Cs

Recompression index:
Creep recompression index:

Cp
Cs

Effective preconsolidation stress:

Overconsolidation ratio:
Overconsolidation margin:

Pc
OCR
OCM

(Stress)
(Stress)

Time-dependent consolidation
Coefficient of consolidation (vertical):
Recompression Coefficient of consolidation (vertical):

Cv
Cvr

L2 / T
L2 / T

Permeability (vertical):
Recompression permeability (vertical):

K
Kr

L/T
L/T

Skempton pore pressure coefficient:

B-bar

Secondary compression index:

Secondary compression index (strain based):
Secondary recompression index:
Secondary recompression index (strain based):
Ratio of secondary to primary compression:

Ca
Cae
Car
Care
Ca/Cc

Variable permeability parameter (Terzaghi):

Variable permeability parameter (Vaughan):

Ck
B

Wick drain material parameters

Ratio of horizontal to vertical coefficient of consolidation:
Ratio of horizontal to vertical permeability:

Ch/Cv
Kh/Kv

L2 / F

Wick drain parameters

Equivalent drain diameter:
Drain spacing:
Drain length:
Ratio of diameter of smear zone to diameter of drain:

d
D
l
S
kh
ks
qw

Ratio of undisturbed to smear zone permeability:

Discharge capacity:

L
L
L

L3 / T

Empirical parameters
Cone time bearing resistance:
Blow count (corrected to 60% efficiency):

qc
N60

stress
blows / foot