Drawing on years of practical on-site experience this book presents a new method for
controlling bridge-head bumping in soft soil ground. Based on deformation compatibility and
control theory of structure it proposes strategies for improving the design method of soft
soil ground and the effective bridge-head bumping control method. Soft soil ground is chiefly
characterized by a large void ratio high compressibility high water content low
impermeability low strength strong structure and high sensitivity. As a result it has
pronounced rheological properties and controlling bridge-head bumping in soft soil ground is
essential to control the amount of soil rheology-induced unstable successive settlement. The
book offers extensive information on this and related topics making it a valuable guide for
engineers in Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering alike.
