SETTLEME

NT
STRESS VS APPLIED LOAD
Settlement vs Consolidation
Complete settlement
Sensitive factor:
a. Ground Water table
b. Soil permeability
c. Drain & infiltration
d. Applied Load


Initial
Consolidation
Magnitude of Settlement
Initial/ Immediate/ Undrained / Shear Settlement
(i)
Primary Consolidation Settlement (c)
Secondary Compression (s)
Magnitude of Settlement
Initial/ Immediate/ Undrained /
Shear Settlement (i)
Influence Value I for Embankment
Load
(after Osterberg, 1957)

Primary Consolidation Settlement
(c)
Consolidation
test

p
= compression stress
Magnitude of Settlement
Magnitude of Settlement
Secondary Compression (s)
Rate of Settlement
v
v dr
C
T H
t
2

Time of
consolidation
Time of Consolidation
v
v dr
C
T H
t
2

Time of
consolidation
*Engineering Geology (2007, F G Bell)