Research Article
A Practical Design Method to Determine the Replacement Time of Light Embankment
Table 1
One-dimensional consolidation experiment scheme.
| Number | Depth | OCR | Load path and duration |
| A-1 | 8 m | 1.0 | 37.5 kPa (1 d) → 75 kPa (1 d) → 150 kPa (7 d) | A-2 | 8 m | 1.1 | 37.5 kPa (1 d) → 75 kPa (1 d) → 150 kPa (1 d) → 60.6 kPa (1 d) → 90.9 kPa (1 d) → 136.4 kPa (7 d) | A-3 | 8 m | 1.2 | 37.5 kPa (1 d) → 75 kPa (1 d) → 150 kPa (1 d) → 55.5 kPa (1 d) → 83.33 kPa (1 d) → 125 kPa (7 d) | A-4 | 8 m | 1.4 | 37.5 kPa (1 d) → 75 kPa (1 d) → 150 kPa (1 d) → 47.5 kPa (1 d) → 71.32009 kPa (1 d) → 107 kPa (7 d) | A-5 | 8 m | 1.8 | 37.5 kPa (1 d) → 75 kPa (1 d) → 150 kPa (1 d) → 37.0 kPa (1 d) → 55.5 kPa (1 d) → 83.3 kPa (7 d) |
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