qhtony
Civil/Environmental
- Oct 15, 2008
- 34
Hi guys, have a problem recently in relation to a low embankment (~2m in height) road construction on highly plastic soft peaty clay (3m thickness).
As the 2m fill will only induce less than 40Kpa on the existing road, and the allowable settlement is 20mm, is there a need to surcharge the peaty clay?
If settlement will be a problem, can we apply some treatment to the clay (say mixing with sand)?? Are there any other ways we can tackle this problem instead of surcharge the area? Or would it not be a problem at all without surcharge/treatment?
thanks guys...
As the 2m fill will only induce less than 40Kpa on the existing road, and the allowable settlement is 20mm, is there a need to surcharge the peaty clay?
If settlement will be a problem, can we apply some treatment to the clay (say mixing with sand)?? Are there any other ways we can tackle this problem instead of surcharge the area? Or would it not be a problem at all without surcharge/treatment?
thanks guys...