An Economical, Practical, and Environmental Friendly Surcharge Preloading Method to Improve Soft Ground of Municipal Road

A Review of Road Embankment Stability on Soft Ground: Problems and Future Perspective

“…This is because the surcharge fill usually involves cutting of high places such as hills, leading to various degrees of destruction and disasters. Although there are alternatives undertaken and introduced by Yang et al [140], which use water as a surcharge, they are not suitable for areas with hot climates because the evaporation process will reduce the quantity of water and thus can affect the settlement monitoring readings. Besides, there are preloading methods using vacuum pressure [141,142], which only use surcharges such as minimal soil but still require soil transportation from sources elsewhere.…”

A Review of Road Embankment Stability on Soft Ground: Problems and Future Perspective

“…This is because the surcharge fill usually involves cutting of high places such as hills, leading to various degrees of destruction and disasters. Although there are alternatives undertaken and introduced by Yang et al [140], which use water as a surcharge, they are not suitable for areas with hot climates because the evaporation process will reduce the quantity of water and thus can affect the settlement monitoring readings. Besides, there are preloading methods using vacuum pressure [141,142], which only use surcharges such as minimal soil but still require soil transportation from sources elsewhere.…”

A Review of Road Embankment Stability on Soft Ground: Problems and Future Perspective

“…This is because the surcharge fill usually involves cutting of high places such as hills, leading to various degrees of destruction and disasters. Although there are alternatives undertaken and introduced by Yang et al [140], which use water as a surcharge, they are not suitable for areas with hot climates because the evaporation process will reduce the quantity of water and thus can affect the settlement monitoring readings. Besides, there are preloading methods using vacuum pressure [141,142], which only use surcharges such as minimal soil but still require soil transportation from sources elsewhere.…”

A Review of Road Embankment Stability on Soft Ground: Problems and Future Perspective

“…This is because the surcharge fill usually involves cutting of high places such as hills, leading to various degrees of destruction and disasters. Although there are alternatives undertaken and introduced by Yang et al [140], which use water as a surcharge, they are not suitable for areas with hot climates because the evaporation process will reduce the quantity of water and thus can affect the settlement monitoring readings. Besides, there are preloading methods using vacuum pressure [141,142], which only use surcharges such as minimal soil but still require soil transportation from sources elsewhere.…”