{"title":"Compressibility of foundation fills","authors":"J. Charles, H. D. Skinner","doi":"10.1680/GENG.2001.149.3.145","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The current emphasis on locating building developments on brownfield sites, many of which contain substantial depths of fill, means that the behaviour of fills which support the foundations of buildings is of increasing importance. This paper is concerned with the one-dimensional compression behaviour of these foundation fills. Shallow foundations normally rest on partially saturated ground where the major hazard is associated with settlement due to effects other than structural loading. Consequently consideration is given not only to compression induced by an increase in applied stress, but also to compression consequent on an increase in compressibility associated with an increase in moisture content. A programme of laboratory oedometer tests has been carried out on colliery spoil, an opencast mining mudstone backfill, and a boulder clay fill. The test results have given an improved understanding of fill behaviour in one-dimensional compression and, in particular, the effects of partial saturation on th...","PeriodicalId":45150,"journal":{"name":"Geotechnical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2001-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1680/GENG.2001.149.3.145","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geotechnical Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1680/GENG.2001.149.3.145","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The current emphasis on locating building developments on brownfield sites, many of which contain substantial depths of fill, means that the behaviour of fills which support the foundations of buildings is of increasing importance. This paper is concerned with the one-dimensional compression behaviour of these foundation fills. Shallow foundations normally rest on partially saturated ground where the major hazard is associated with settlement due to effects other than structural loading. Consequently consideration is given not only to compression induced by an increase in applied stress, but also to compression consequent on an increase in compressibility associated with an increase in moisture content. A programme of laboratory oedometer tests has been carried out on colliery spoil, an opencast mining mudstone backfill, and a boulder clay fill. The test results have given an improved understanding of fill behaviour in one-dimensional compression and, in particular, the effects of partial saturation on th...
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The objectives of the Association shall be the promotion of co-operation among geotechnical societies in SE Asia; and the assistance to member societies who have limited number of members. Now there is only one combined web titled: AGSSEA-SEAGS. SEAGS & AGSSEA encourage the submission of scholarly and practice-oriented articles to its journal. The journal is published quarterly. Both sponsors of the journal, the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society and the Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia, promote the ideals and goals of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechhnical Engineering in fostering communications, developing insights and enabling the advancement of the geotechnical engineering discipline.