Controlling Differential Settlement of Highway Soft Soil Subgrade: A New Method and Its Engineering Applications

Hanhua Zhu · Zhijun Wu · Mengchong Chen · Yongli Zhao

May 2018 · Springer

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107

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Drawing on years of practical on-site experience, this book presents a new method for controlling "bridge-head bumping" in soft soil ground. Based on deformation compatibility and control theory of structure, it proposes strategies for improving the design method of soft soil ground and the effective "bridge-head bumping" control method. Soft soil ground is chiefly characterized by a large void ratio, high compressibility, high water content, low impermeability, low strength, strong structure and high sensitivity. As a result, it has pronounced rheological properties, and controlling "bridge-head bumping" in soft soil ground is essential to control the amount of soil rheology-induced unstable successive settlement. The book offers extensive information on this and related topics, making it a valuable guide for engineers in Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering alike.

About the author

Hanhua Zhu is the Chief Engineer at Zhejiang Jiaotong Transportation Bureau. He was appointed as principal investigator twice and received the second prize for Science and Technology Achievement in Zhejiang Province. He is an expert on soft soil ground treatment, slope stability control, and underground construction techniques.

Zhijun Wu is a professor at Wuhan University. He was honored as China's One Thousand Youth Talent Scholar. He also received the 2017 Best Paper Award for Computers and Geotechnics and the 2015 Outstanding Paper Award from Singapore Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology Society. His research interests include foundation treatment, underground stability analysis, slope design and treatment, and deep underground excavation.

Mengchong Chen is a chairman and professor level senior engineer at Ningbo Communications Planning Institute CO., LTD. He has engaged in geotechnical engineering and transportation engineering for more than 20 years. He has rich experience in dealing with soft soil ground, especially in highway subgrade treatment.

Yongli Zhao is an engineer at Ningbo Communications Planning Institute CO., LTD. He has worked on highway construction sites for many years and has accumulated rich experience in controlling the soft soil settlement.

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