Foundation Treatment Assessment and Postconstruction Settlement Prediction of a Loess High Fill Embankment: A Case Study

Table 1

PCS estimation formulas of fill embankment from case studies.

References	Relationship between crest PCS and fill height of the embankment
[29]	Germany and Japan: , where S (m) is the crest PCS of fill body, H (m) is the height of fill embankment
	Lawton formula: , where S (m) is the crest PCS of fill body
	Gu Weici formula:	Empirical coefficient	k	m	n
		Concrete-faced rockfill dam	0.004331	1.746	1.2045
		Earth dam with inclined core	0.0098	1.4755	1.0148
		Core wall dam	0.016	1.0932	0.876
	Russia formula: , where t (days) is the duration of PCS, St (mm) is the crest PCS of fill body
[30]	Longbao Airport in Guiyang and Dali Airport in Yunnan:, where E(MPa) is the deformation modulus of high fill, where S (mm) is the crest PCS of fill body
[26]	, where S (mm) is the elastic modulus of high fill
[27]	(λ ≥ 0.85), S = 0.7-1.0%H, where S (m) is the crest PCS of fill body
[28]	Longdongbao Airport: , where S (mm) is the crest PCS of fill body
	Dali Airport: , where S (mm) is the crest PCS of fill body