Deformation of Geocell with Different Tensile and Compressive Modulus

 

Qu, Cheng-zhong

Northeast Dianli University, Jilin 132012, China
e-mail: quchengzhong@mail.nedu.edu.cn

 

ABSTRACT

The analytical solution for the deformation of geocell with different tension and compression modulus is presented in this paper. The factors affecting the solution of geocell’s deformation are analyzed. The analysis indicates that geocell’s deformation is affected strongly by width, height, tension modulus, compression modulus of geocell, and Poisson ratio anf elastic modulus of foundation. Of these factors, foundation’s elastic modulus is the great one. And meanwhile, the influence of the ratio of geocell’s tension to compression modulus to geocell’s deformation is researched. From the analysis, we find that the geocell’s deformation greatly changes with the change of the ratio. It indicates that, in the latter design of geocell, the designers should take the influence of the different modulus values in tension and compression into account.

Keywords: tension modulus, compression modulus, geocell, deformation

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