LIQUID SURCHARGING FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT

摘要

A METHOD OF SURCHARGING A GROUND TO CONSOLIDATE THE SOIL THEREOF COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MARKING A LOCATION TO CONSTRUCT A SURCHARGE CELL; CONSTRUCTING SAID SURCHARGE CELL BY COMPACTING AND LEVELING UPPER LAYER OF SOIL IN THE GROUND TO FORM A WORKING PLATFORM (3); CONSTRUCTING A RETAINING WALL (1) ALONG THE PERIMETER OF SAID SURCHARGE CELL; LAYING AN IMPERMEABLE MEMBRANE (2) TO COVER SAID WORKING PLATFORM (3) AND INNER SURFACE OF SAID RETAINING WALL (1); POURING A PREDETERMINED VOLUME OF LIQUID (5) INTO SAID SURCHARGE CELL; WHEREIN SAID LIQUID (5) FORMS THE SURCHARGING LOAD; WHEREBY SAID SURCHARGING LOAD APPLIES A LOAD ON SAID SOIL FOR CONSOLIDATING SAID SOIL.