Study on Settlement after Construction for the High Loess-Filled Embankment
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hu, Ying; Ju, Yu Wen; Wang, Wen Zheng; Zheng, Xue Mei
- Source
- Applied Mechanics and Materials; March 2015, Vol. 744 Issue: 1 p613-616, 4p
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- ISSN
- 16609336; 16627482
Engineers and researchers pay close attention to high-filled embankment project with loess as its main filler. In order to study its characteristics and settlement rules, a series of laboratory tests on the fillers and in situ observation based on the actual project located in the east central of Taiyuan were made. These work resulted in some settlement curves for the each soil layer. Then some basic physical properties of loess were get at the same time. Observation results were analyzed and the influence of different factors on the settlement curves were discussed.After considering various factors,effective construction suggestions were raised to control the dry density and moisture content in order to decrease the settlement of embankment and improve the quality of the construction.