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What's it called when you take a large amount of fill, pile it up so that a weak layer is either compacted or squeezed out?  There's a specific name for this...    

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Preloading or surcharging.

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This is from a March 19, 2003 tread in this forum:

ASCE published a book of papers entitled "Placement and Improvement of Soils to Support Structures".  In that publication there are two papers on preloading:

"Precompression for Improving Foundation Soils"
by Stanley J. Johnson, ASCE Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Vol.96, No. SM1, January, 1970

"Preloading for Heavy Industrial Installations"
by Panaghiotis C. Kotzias and Aris C. Stamatopoulos,
ASCE Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, Vol.95, No. SM6, November, 1969

You will have to contact ASCE to see if they are still available.

Hope this is of some help!

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Excellent

Muchos Gracias

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Also - Tomlinson and Wilson, Geotechnique 23, pp 17-120 (1973).  I haven't seen this, but if it is written by Tomlinson, I'm sure its first rate.

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