Consolidation settlement of a soil with an impervious top surface

Maurice A. Biot (1) , F. M. Clingan (2)

1 Columbia University [New York]
2 CALTECH - California Institute of Technology

An investigation is made of the consolidation settlement for a soil whose top surface is impervious and loaded uniformly on an infinite strip of constant width. The settlement under the load is accompanied by considerable swelling of the unloaded area on both sides of the load.

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]; Mécanique [physics]

Maurice A. Biot, F. M. Clingan. Consolidation settlement of a soil with an impervious top surface. Journal of Applied Physics, 1941, 12 (7), pp.578-581. ⟨10.1063/1.1712940⟩. ⟨hal-01368645⟩