Research Article

An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load

Table 1

Dimensionless parameters of the soils used for Section 3.1.

Dimensionless coefficientsNumerical values

Lame constants 1
Compressibility of water 1.67
Water density 0.53
Hysteretic damping ratio β0.02
Parameter of soil structure 1.5625
Compressibility of soil grain 0.95
Ratio between fluid viscosity and permeability 10