A HYBRID GROUND CONSOLIDATION MODEL FOR AIRPORT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The estimation of consolidation processes is an important subject for the asset management of airport facilities. In the planning and design stage, there exist many uncertainties in geotechnical conditions, it is impossible to estimate the ground consolidation process by deterministic methods. In this paper, the sets of sample paths designating ground consolidation processes are generated by use of a one-directional consolidation model incorporating uneven ground settlement. Given the sample paths, the mixed consolidation model is presented to describe the probabilistic structure behind the sample paths. The mixed model can be updated by the Bayesian methods based upon the monitoring data. Through a case study, this paper veriaed the validity of the proposed method and illustrated its possible appllication and future works.