Acta Scientiarum Polonorum

Abstract: The article attempts to determine the changes in the modulus of compressibility of consolidated organic soil on the bases of the known final settlement of the overloaded embankment and the stresses that it exerts to subsoil. The presented model is based on the principle of superposition in relation to the impact of all calculation plots, into which the embankment was divided. Basing on the theory of Boussinesq, the stresses at the embankment-subsoil contact area, and the resulting settlement were determined. On the basis of the model, the modul of compressibility for the real overloading embankment were determined.