PLANE-STRAIN MODELING OF SMEAR EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH VERTICAL DRAINS. TECHNICAL NOTE

The authors of this technical note present a methodology that employs the modified Cam-clay theory in a two-dimensional plane-strain finite-element model to represent the smear effect of vertical drains. The analysis is performed by converting the radius of the smear zone and its permeability into equivalent plane strain parameters. The introduction of smear effects in this study improves the accuracy of the numerical model that is tested on a Malaysian soft clay.