Mihimal Kadurugamuwa

Dear Mihimal, I presume there is some elastic swelling, probably because the weight of the embankment is smaller than the line load used for the preloading. And elastic swelling will cause excess pore tensions. With kind regards, Dennis Waterma…

Dear Mihimal, Well, no, because this is what soil does. If you load it and unload it it has a small amount of elastic swelling that leads to excess pore tension. However, usually this dissipates quite fast. So you should continue the consolidation a…