In this paper, a study was carried out in order to estimate settlements and consolidation rates under embankments constructed on Moroccan soft soils.  Settlement measurements in several embankments in High Speed Railway project between two Moroccan cities, Tangier and Assilah,  were analyzed. The objective of this study is to estimate settlement values and settlement rates, with sufficient prec...

Cavity expansion is a fundamental theoretical problem in geomechanics. For the cylindrical cavity problem, derivations of solutions are usually based on assumption that soil subject to plane strain condition. However, this untrue for pressuremeter tests. This study first derived equilibrium equation under constant vertical stress Then, was solved modified Cam clay soils with different overconso...

Determination of soil deformation and strength properties is great importance in geotechnical design. The disturbance that occurred during the sampling from field affects results obtained by laboratory tests. Therefore, lack representation conditions in-situ features with tests leads designers to carry out Standard penetration test (SPT) Menard pressuremeter (PMT) are most widely used which uti...

A pressuremeter test (PMT) is a representative and highly reliable in situ for assessing the stress–strain behavior of weathered granite. Its application, however, restricted by its cost time requirements. Many researchers have also investigated correlations between SPT-N value modulus (Em) limit pressure (PL) soils, but they mostly focused on sand, silt, clay employed simple regression analysi...

A 132.70-m-high tower (above foundation) has been successfully completed at Tenerife Island. The foundation of the tower, a 2-mthick reinforced concrete slab, is supported by jointed, vesicular and weathered basalt, and scoria. A three-dimensional, elastic finite element program has permitted to calculate the displacements of the tower and the stresses in the slab. The installation of rod exten...