Settlement Calculation and Analysis of Ground Improved by Dynamic Compaction at RSGT Project

Abstract:

Red Sea coral reefs in Saudi Arabia were dredged and reclaimed firstly, and then were treated by dynamic compaction as non-cohesive soil ground. Consolidated condition of improved ground within different depth is in different. Calculating settlements for different state ground should consider actual condition. Several semi-theoretical and semi-empirical settlement calculation methods mainly including Terzaghi’s method(1996), Teng’s method(1969), Meyerhof’s method（1956）are applied and analyzed to investigate the actual condition of improved ground according to the RSGT project test results, and the differences are proposed among these three methods.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 446-449)
• Pages: 1426-1431
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.446-449.1426
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Zhi Guang Qin, Yan Luo, Ying Xi He
• Keywords: Coral Reefs, Dynamic Compaction, Non-Cohesive Soil, Saudi Arabia, Settlement Calculation

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