ESTIMATION OF FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT ON WEAK BASE SECTIONS

Abstract

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT In the development of embankment projects on a weak base (water-logged clay soils), the correct estimation of the size of the embankment settlement and broadening of the main site of the roadbed are of current importance. Analysis of the condition of the roadbed of the Naryn-Lugokan railway line, taking into account the presence of island permafrost, the specified operational characteristics, the geodetic survey data and the scientific and theoretical substantiations of the project. Keywords: railway, operating settlement, building settlement, weak foundation soils, permafrost, operational problems, site broadening.