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To establish and validate a practical method for predicting the magnitude and rate of embankment settlement and pore water pressure dissipation in soft clay foundations.

April 1, 1985Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Settlement Analysis of Embankments on Soft Clays

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To establish and validate a practical method for predicting the magnitude and rate of embankment settlement and pore water pressure dissipation in soft clay foundations.
Determined consolidation parameters, including compressibility, preconsolidation pressure, and permeability, using standard oedometer tests with direct permeability measurements.
Implemented the multi-layer computer procedure ILLICON to analyze depth-dependent soil properties across case histories of two test fills on soft clays.
The multi-layer analytical procedure successfully incorporated depth-dependent variations in consolidation and compressibility parameters.
Computed settlement magnitudes, settlement rates, and pore water pressure dissipation showed close agreement with empirical field observations from the two test fills.

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Validation study demonstrates accurate settlement and pore water pressure prediction in soft clays, indicating practical utility for embankment design.

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Mesri et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d971afa1d151c65f684174 https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1985)111:4(441)

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Validation study demonstrates accurate settlement and pore water pressure prediction in soft clays, indicating practical utility for embankment design.

Settlement Analysis of Embankments on Soft Clays

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