Actualized Procedure for the Engineering Analysis of Primary and Secondary Consolidations of Water-Saturated Soils

Abstract

We present the results of investigations aimed at the actualization of the engineering procedure of consolidation analyses of slowly deformed and water-saturated soils. A criterion for the estimation of expediency of the taking into account the time factor in the numerical analyses of basements and foundations is given. A combined procedure of evaluation of the consolidation parameters is proposed. We also describe the engineering method for the evaluation of settlements of water-saturated soils with regard for their primary and secondary consolidations developed at the Gersevanov Scientific-Research Institute of Basements and Underground Structures.