In order to raise the reliability and convenience of calculating settlement
a practical method for calculating settlement based on actual stress path is proposed. According to stress path method
a practical expression for calculating settlement is put forward by using effective stress path equation derived from Skempton pore water pressure equation
which has the advantages of explicit conception and simple form with the parameters of expression easy to be obtained. An engineering case study shows that the proposed method is reliable; it can be taken as a reference for engineering applications.