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The stress and pore pressure changes due to expansion of a pressuremeter in a saturated clay are analyzed with FLAC. The pressuremeter is simulated with the axisymmetric geometry configuration, and the clay is represented by the Cam-clay material model.

Keywords:

• Pore pressure
• Stress
• Pressuremeter
• Cavity
• Cam-Clay model

Materials:

• Clay
• Water

Analyses:

• Fluid Flow
• Static