Table 1. Sensitivity results of calculated heave pressure to input parameter changes in RIGIDICE.
Calculated heave pressure (kPa)
0.9 Reference
1.1 Reference
Program parameter
Reference value
relative error*
Reference
relative error*
Soil water properties
0.42 (m3 m3)
Wsat
70.22
76.06
82.05
7.7
7.9
0.02 (m3 m3)
Wd
76.08
76.06
75.72
2.6
0.4
1108 (m s1)
(kw)sat
72.33
76.06
79.58
4.9
4.6
Brooks and Corey constants
φb
11.196 (kPa)
67.94
76.06
81.82
10.7
7.6
α
0.36
71.55
76.06
79.86
5.9
5.0
β
2.6
109.03
76.06
56.86
43.3
25.2
Boundary conditions
10 (mm day1)
vi
81.38
76.06
71.39
7.0
6.1
100 (mm day1)
vb
71.59
76.06
80.24
5.9
5.5
∇θ
10 (C m1)
75.47
76.06
76.38
0.8
0.4
Thermal conductivities
0.52 (W/K1 m1)
(kh)w
76.38
76.06
75.38
0.4
0.9
2.32 (W/K1 m1)
(kh)i
76.74
76.06
75.12
0.9
1.2
3.42 (W/K1 m1)
(kh)g
77.86
76.06
74.33
2.4
2.3
Scaling factors
λ
1.0106 (m)
ζ
1.0102 (m)
1 (m s2)
fw
Numeric settings
Precision
0.1
Resolution
0.01
1.0105
Maximum layers
()
* relative error % = value reference 100
reference
10
Previous Page
