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

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.