New observational method for prediction of one-dimensional consolidation settlement

• Main Authors: Guo, Wei, Chu, Jian
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ground improvement; Consolidation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83551; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42728
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Chapman–Richards model is adopted in this paper to best fit the Terzaghi's one-dimensional consolidation curve. The obtained formula fits the theoretical solution well, with a regression coefficient R2 of 0·9995 and an error of less than 2%. By adopting this model, a new method to predict t...