- Title
- Lateral displacement under combined vacuum pressure and embankment loading
- Creator
- Chai, J.; Ong, C. Y.; Carter, J. P.; Bergado, D. T.
- Relation
- Geotechnique Vol. 63, Issue 10, p. 842-856
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/geot.12.P.060
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Based on examination of existing field results, an empirical equation has been suggested for estimating the likely range of the maximum value of the net lateral displacement (δnm) of ground improved by the installation of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and subjected to the combined effects of vacuum pressure and embankment loading. The effects on lateral displacement of the magnitudes of embankment loading, as well as the vacuum pressure, the loading rate, and the undrained shear strength and consolidation properties of the soil deposit, have been explicitly included in a newly defined parameter, which is given by the ratio of an index pressure to the representative soil shear strength (RLS). The ratio of δnm to the surface settlement under the embankment centreline, Sf, is also defined as the normalised maximum (net) lateral displacement (NLD). A direct relationship between RLS and NLD has been proposed, with a prescribed range, based on the results of 18 field case histories from 12 different project sites in five countries. It is suggested that the proposed relationship can be used as a preliminary design tool for preloading projects involving combinations of a vacuum pressure and an embankment pressure as well as PVD improvement.
- Subject
- case history; displacement; geosynthetics; ground improvement
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1060064
- Identifier
- uon:16728
- Identifier
- ISSN:0016-8505
- Rights
- Permission is granted by ICE Publishing to print one copy for personal use. Any other use of these PDF files is subject to reprint fees
- Language
- eng
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