Abstract
A series of laboratory model tests was carried out to clarify the effect of rate of loading and thickness of soil layer on highly organic soft ground due to embankment construction. An estimation method was proposed for settlement of embankment and heaving of surrounding ground surface during embankment construction.
On the basis of experimental results, it was found that the deformation characteristics of surrounding area were related to the rate of loading (vp) and thickness of soil layer (D0). Furthermore predictions by proposed method was found to have a good agreement with in-site measurement.
