Analysis of Using the Empirical Model of Organic Soil Consolidation to Predict Settlement
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20 lip 2023
O artykule
Data publikacji: 20 lip 2023
Zakres stron: 111 - 117
Otrzymano: 15 sty 2023
Przyjęty: 27 mar 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2023-0020
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© 2023 Zygmunt Meyer et al., published by Sciendo
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Figure 1.
![Assumed column of organic soil for calculation; σ0 – loading by the preload embankment (kPa); σz – stresses in the soil in the column under consideration (kPa); HT – organic soil thickness (m); Em_1 – constrained modulus of elasticity of peat material in the column under consideration; determined by the first model (kPa); A – analysed point (−); hn – the height of the embankment (m); γ – the unit weight of the embankment (kN/m3); z – the axis of depth [9, 10]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64b9094864573c28bc2b890f/j_acee-2023-0020_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T184257Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=7b888be9831598575cb8608e907f69a7c4bc72c0a37b7a68d44912913a3b583c&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 2.
![Assumptions made for the model; a) calculated column in methods b) adopted coordinate system for calculations; σ0 – loading by the preload embankment (kPa); σz – stresses in the soil in the column under consideration (kPa); HT – organic soil thickness (m); Em_2 – constrained modulus of elasticity of peat material in the column under consideration; determined by the second model (kPa); A, analysed point (−); hn – the height of the embankment (m); γ – the unit weight of the embankment (kN/m3); z – the axis of depth [10]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64b9094864573c28bc2b890f/j_acee-2023-0020_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T184257Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=096a5e9074d805b28756550dd11a03162c86d349e26ce6e7bd1d35ec0d50441b&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 3.
![Scheme of embankments with the arrangement of measuring benchmarks [3, 16, 17]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64b9094864573c28bc2b890f/j_acee-2023-0020_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250930%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250930T184257Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1e854dd44a33e410d0c47da8235c9eb1853de0f087763c50c7346b136767d55d&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 4.

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Figure 6.

The details of embankments [13, 15, 16, 17, 18]
The first embankment | The second embankment | |
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Dimension at the base | 16 × 26 m | 19.8 × 23.6 m |
Initial height | 2.0 m | 2.2 m |
Material of embankment | MSa | MSa |
Bulk density of embankment | γ =17.5 kN/m3, | γ =18.18 kN/m3, |
Height of organic soil layer | 4.0 m | 4.0 m |
Type of organic soil | 2 m of peat and 2 m of gyttja | 4 m of peat |
Water content of organic soil | Peat – |
|
Bulk density | Peat – γ =10.5 kN/m3 |
Peat – γ =10.5 kN/m3 |
Organic matter content | Peat – |
Peat – |