Chainage: Settlement of Embankment at BH 1 to 3

Calculation of Settlement during Construction of Embankment:-

Height of Embankment filiing = 6.00 m
Estimated Consolidation Settlement = 710.02 mm
Coefficient of vertical consolidation, Cv = 0.0720 m2/day Assumed
Depth of Compressible Strata, H = 15.00 m
Height increments each month = 3 m
Time required for Consolidation, t = 8Tv H2 / Cv (it is considered to be 8 times faster than theoretical from experience as per RDSO
where, guideline GE:G-5)
Tv = Dimensionless time factor depending upon degree of consolidation.
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if, Degree of Consolidation, U ≤ 60% Tv = π/4 (U/100)
Degree of Consolidation, U ≥ 60% Tv = 1.781 - (0.933 Log(100 - U)

Total
Estimated Remaining
Cumulative Consolida
Time Degree of Consolidatio Consolidation
Height of tion 1.6
(months) Consolidation n Settlement Settlement
Embankment Period
(mm) (mm)
(Months)
1 3.0 1 0.0779 31.49 223.621 486.402
2 6.0 2 0.1557 44.54 316.248 393.775

Total Settlement during Construction of Embankment = 316.248 mm

Total remaining Settlement = 393.775 mm

Calculation of Settlement post Construction of Embankment:-

Time after
constructi Total Estimated Remaining 350.000
Time Degree of
on of Consolidation Consolidation Consolidatio
Remaining Consolidation Settlement

Factor Consolida 300.000

Embankm Period Settlement n Settlement
(Tv) tion
ent (Months) (mm) (mm) 250.000
(months)
1 3 0.2336 54.55 387.324 322.699 200.000
(in mm)

2 4 0.3115 62.41 443.131 266.892 150.000

3 5 0.3893 68.98 489.793 220.230
4 6 0.4672 74.41 528.297 181.726 100.000
5 7 0.5451 78.88 560.068 149.955 50.000
6 8 0.6229 82.57 586.285 123.738
0.000
7 9 0.7008 85.62 607.919 102.104
0 2 4 6 8 10
8 10 0.7787 88.13 625.770 84.253
Time after construction of Embankment (in months)
9 11 0.8565 90.21 640.500 69.523

Note: As per RDSO GE-G:5, Pg 36,