EFFECT OF SOIL BLANKETS AND PRELOADING ON SETTLEMENT

EXCESSIVE SETTLEMENT MAY OCCUR IN COMPRESSIVE SOILS. FOUNDATION STRUCTURES OFTEN MAY BE PLACED ON COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL TO WHICH SOIL BLANKETS AND NATURAL OR MANMADE PRELOADS HAVE BEEN APPLIED, MAKING DEEP FOUNDATIONS UNNECESSARY. CHARTS AND TABLES ARE INCLUDED FOR CALCULATING VERTICAL STRESSES AND SETTLEMENT OCCURRING UNDER PRELOADS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES. A METHOD FOR DESIGNING PRELOAD DURATION, RATHER THAN BASING DURATION ON AVERAGE CONSOLIDATION, IS PRESENTED.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 33, No 12, PP 249-259, 17 FIG, 3 TAB, 7 REF
• Authors:
  • Barber, E S
• Publication Date: 1966-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Charts; Compressive strength; Design; Machine valves; Settlement (Structures); Soils; Subgrade materials; Tables (Data); Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Preloading
• Old TRIS Terms: Designing
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00233823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 2 1994 12:00AM