Unconfined Compression Test and Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis for Composite Ground

Abstract

We studied the characteristic of shear stress for the composite ground assumed the column type, with the unconfined compression test using the agar material and the elaso-plastic finite element analysis employed the elasto-perfect plastic constitutive model. The unconfined compression test in the improved ground ratio 50% using the agar material, indicated the possibility of performing the difference of strength in the constructive direction of the improved column. Also, the elasto-plastic finite element analysis indicated the effect of the difference of strength in the element test level.