COMPARISON OF CALCULATED AND MEASURED SETTLEMENTS BENEATH A TEST FILL ON SOFT SOIL

A full-scale loading test has been carried out at Umeaa in the northern part of Sweden in order to investigate the deformation behaviour of an organic clayey silt, locally known as "svartmocka". The settlement of the test fill has been estimated by three methods: the conventional method proposed by Terzaghi, the method by Bjerrum (1967) and the stress-path method by Lambe (1964 and 1967). Comparison between measured and estimated settlements indicates that the total settlement can reliably be determined by the stress-path method, while the conventional and the Bjerrum methods underestimate the total settlement. The primary settlement, estimated by Bjerrus method and by the stress-path method agree closely with measured values, while the conventional method overestimates the primary settlement. The initial settlement can be calculated by the theory of elasticity. /TRRL/

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  Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband

  Regeringsgaten 98
  S-11139 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Schwab, E F
  • Broms, B
  • Funegaard, E G
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 58-61
• Serial:
  • Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 8/9
  • Publisher: Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband
  • ISSN: 0042-2177

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Deformation; Elasticity (Mechanics); Embankments; Field tests; Ground settlement; Load tests; Loads; Measurement; Organic compounds; Silts; Soft soils; Soils; Stresses; Tests
• ITRD Terms: 5905: Compressibility; 5595: Deformation; 2801: Embankment; 6226: In situ; 5567: Load; 6136: Measurement; 7366: Organic; 5792: Settlement; 4149: Silt; 4156: Soil; 5575: Stress (in material); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM