Application of the Vimoke–Taylor concept for fully coupled models of consolidation by prefabricated vertical drains

Prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) are widely used to accelerate consolidation processes of soft soils. Each PVD has a specific influence zone that is idealised as a cylinder, which is called a unit cell. The behaviour of a PVD system is usually analysed by analytical or numerical models of a unit cell model. Fully three-dimensional (3D) models of PVD systems are still a challenge due to the small size of PVDs and radial flows around PVDs,...