Settlement Calculations
Settlement Calculations
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Guys
Can you please suggest me a good software (possibly a free one) for consolidation settlement estimate. Evaluation versions are also fine as I am going to use the software one time for a report.
Thanks for your input
NT
Can you please suggest me a good software (possibly a free one) for consolidation settlement estimate. Evaluation versions are also fine as I am going to use the software one time for a report.
Thanks for your input
NT





RE: Settlement Calculations
RE: Settlement Calculations
Thanks for your input. I was asked to prepare a report on settlement calculations. I have done the hand calculations and demonstrated that the settlement is beyond the acceptable limit but now I am trying to show it in a report using a software program.
Please let me know if you have any recommendations
Thanks
NT
RE: Settlement Calculations
RE: Settlement Calculations
RE: Settlement Calculations
RE: Settlement Calculations
Thanks for your input. It is indeed much helpful
NT
RE: Settlement Calculations
Guys
One final question. While calculating the consolidation settlement, we check the overburden pressure at center of clay layer, pre-consolidation pressure (Pc) and stress increase at center of clay layer and use either Cc or Cr.
In case if the pre-consolidation pressure is in between the overburden pressure and sum of overburden pressure and Pc, some text books are referring to a method involving two step process
Step 1. overburden pressure to Pc using Cr
Step 2. Pc to sum of (overburden + stress increase) using Cc
some of the references do not consider this approach and the calculation is based on using one Cc as the Pc < (overburden + stress increase)
Can you guys comment which method is more conservative and practical?
Thanks for your input
NT
RE: Settlement Calculations
RE: Settlement Calculations
Thanks for the response. How do we determine that clay is in its final stages of primary consolidation ?
NT
RE: Settlement Calculations