Chalmersmodellens applicering på starkt överkonsoliderad lera
In this master?s thesis real settlements for the over consolidated clay below Arenahallen in Halmstad are compared with two different models for settlement calculations; Chalmersmodellen without creep and Chalmersmodellen with creep. Chalmersmodellen with creep is based on Terzaghi?s consolidation theory with an addition to creep. The purpose has been to find out whether Chalmersmodellen with creep can be used for this clay or if Chalmersmodellen without creep should be used instead. The problem has been solved with detailed studies of literature, sampling of undisturbed flasks of clay with geotechnical boring trailer and tries of compression with an odometer of the flasks in question. Thereafter the evaluated results from the odometer were used in Chalmersmodellen.After complementary of the real settlement, where not all measurements exist, the results of our researches showed that Chalmersmodellen with creep were overestimating the settlement before the preconsolidation stress has been reached.