SETTLEMENT OBSERVATION BY FULL SCALE EXPERIMENTAL EMBANKMENTS

LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF THE COMPRESSIVE SETTLEMENT OF EMBANKMENTS COMPOSED OF COHESIVE SOIL BY CONSTRUCTING 3 FULL-SIZE EXPERIMENTAL EMBANKMENTS COMPOSED OF "KANTOH LOAM". THE DIFFERENCE IN SETTLEMENT BETWEEN A WELL COMPACTED, AND A LOOSE AND INSUFFICIENTLY COMPATED MATERIAL WAS ANALYSED. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS WERE ALSO PERFORMED TO AID IN THE ESTIMATION OF SETTLEMENT OF EMBANKMENTS COMPOSED OF COHESIVE SOIL. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE MEASUREMENT METERS USED, OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIAL USED, AND OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, HELD IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, AUG 25-29, 1969. /TRRL/