Alternative Title
Paper No. 7.37
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Abstract
The pre-load method of improvement of in-situ, fine grained soils, is frequently used in practice particularly in flood plain environments. A case history is presented in which the same method was used to induce expected settlements in the existing soils before the start of construction. Total settlements and rate of settlement were monitored at two sites for a project in Jefferson County, Missouri. The results presented show that total settlements predicted using one dimensional consolidation theory are in reasonable agreement with the measured settlements in field. The results also show that in a flood-plain environment having compressible layer consisting of silty clays and silts, most of the settlement is likely to take place during placement of the fill.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Alizadeh, Mike and Kumar, Sanjeev, "Soil Improvement in Flood Plain of the Mississippi River Using Pre-load Fill" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 18.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session07/18
Soil Improvement in Flood Plain of the Mississippi River Using Pre-load Fill
St. Louis, Missouri
The pre-load method of improvement of in-situ, fine grained soils, is frequently used in practice particularly in flood plain environments. A case history is presented in which the same method was used to induce expected settlements in the existing soils before the start of construction. Total settlements and rate of settlement were monitored at two sites for a project in Jefferson County, Missouri. The results presented show that total settlements predicted using one dimensional consolidation theory are in reasonable agreement with the measured settlements in field. The results also show that in a flood-plain environment having compressible layer consisting of silty clays and silts, most of the settlement is likely to take place during placement of the fill.
