TY - JOUR 
A1 - García Ros, Gonzalo
AU - Alhama Manteca, Iván
AU - Cánovas Vidal, Manuel
AU - Sánchez Pérez, Juan Francisco
T1 - An educational software for teaching soil consolidation
Y1 - 2017
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/7827
AB - The educational tool SICOMED_3D has been created to simulate problems of soil consolidation by prefabricated vertical drains. Thanks to its nice interface of windows, the introduction of data is very fast and easy for the students, while providing users with simple handling and powerful calculations. Its graphical environment allows to get representations of the excess pore pressure, local settlements and total surface settlement. SICOMED_3D can also generate an animation that recreates the evolution of the surface settlement during the consolidation process. The software presents, like commercial softwares, the most common options (e.g., save and open cases files, save animations and representations, etc.). Although the program is created to be used in several fields, among others as an engineering or research tool, the main use of interest for this work is for educational purposes. Another important application is as low-cost laboratory practices, as students can experiment by modifying the soil properties, including the depth of penetration of the vertical drain, in a quick, simple and intuitive way.
KW - Ingeniería del Terreno
KW - Educational software
KW - Teaching in civil engineering
KW - Applied soil mechanics
KW - Consolidation by prefabricated vertical drains
KW - 1203.10 Enseñanza Con Ayuda de Ordenador
KW - 5312.04 Educación
LA - eng
PB - Universitat Politècnica de València
ER -