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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"Embankments"”.
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Slope Stability Of Laterite Soil Embankments
Embankments are key elements in the infrastructural development of structures such as dams, bridges, and roads. Residual soils are generally used as fills in the construction of embankments in areas were residual soils such as laterite is the dominant soil types. Laterite soils have the …
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Breaching of earth embankments and dams
… breach initiation and growth through earth flood embankments or dams. The improvement of breach model accuracy has made slow progress over the past 20 years, with confusion around breaching processes arising from a lack of appreciation of soil mechanics interacting with hydraulics and structural …
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Design of embankments on soft soil.
Thesis: Civ. E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1972
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Lateral Spreading Mechanics of Column-Supported Embankments
Column-supported embankments (CSE) enable accelerated construction on soft soils, high performance, and protection of adjacent facilities. The foundation columns transfer embankment and service loading to a competent stratum at depth such that loading on the soft soil can be reduced. This has the …
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Use of wicking geotextile to dehydrate road embankments
… of the wicking geotextile to dehydrate road embankments”--Abstract, page iv.
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Behavior of embankments on New York varved clay.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering. Thesis. 1974. M.S.
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Analysis of reinforced embankments and foundations overlying soft soils
… reinforced soil. The use of such reinforcing in embankments and foundations over weak soils is one of the most recent applications of this technology. The studies conducted were concerned with the development of and application of analytical techniques to reinforced soil foundations and …
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Column-Supported Embankments: Full-Scale Tests and Design Recommendations
… This technology is known as column-supported embankments (CSEs). A geosynthetic-reinforced load transfer platform (LTP) or bridging layer may be constructed immediately above the columns to help transfer the load from the embankment to the columns. There are two principal reasons to use CSEs: …
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Critical height and surface deformation of column-supported embankments
Column-supported embankments with or without basal geosynthetic reinforcement can be used in soft ground conditions to reduce settlement by transferring the embankment load to the columns through stress redistribution above and below the foundation subgrade level. Column-supported embankments are …
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Influence of desiccation fissuring on the stability of flood embankments
… can play a major role in the failure of flood embankments under overflow conditions. However, very little scientific research has been carried out into the onset of desiccation fissuring in flood embankments and the potential failure mechanisms. To overcome this shortage of information, field …
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Centrifuge modelling of railway embankments under static and cyclic loading
The study comprised the modelling of embankments on a heavy haul coal export railway line between Ermelo and Richards Bay in South Africa. The design of these embankments is usually done with slope stability analysis? method of slices. In the case of railway embankments, a uniformly distributed …
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Innovative Approaches to the Dynamic Behavior of Rockfall Protection Embankments
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Finite Element Modeling of Seismic Wave Propagation in Earthen Embankments
The detection of internal seepage zones in embankments (dams and levees) by geophysical seismic techniques such as seismic refraction is limited by a number of factors. Some factors are associated with inversion and smoothing problems during processing, while others are associated with the natural …
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Design of Bridging Layers in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Column-Supported Embankments
Column-supported geosynthetic-reinforced embankments have great potential for application in soft ground conditions when there is a need to accelerate construction and/or protect adjacent facilities from the settlement that would otherwise be induced by the new embankment load. The columns in …
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A reliability rating system for flood embankments in the United Kingdom
… component in the modelling of flood risk. Flood embankments are a very common type of defence whose reliability assessment shows some problematic aspects. In particular it is difficulty to model the process of piping through the earthfill and, when assessing the safety of an extended flood …
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Development of technology for the construction of low-cost road embankments
… resources required to build classical high embankments in flood prone areas as well as offer implied mitigating dimensions in the restoration of environmental integrity. This impliedly will reduce the use of traditionally unsustainable methods of soil stabilization such as, the excavation …
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Three-Dimensional Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforcement Used in Column-Supported Embankments
A geotechnical composite foundation system that has become increasingly popular over the years is a column-supported, geosynthetic-reinforced embankment. This system consists of strong columns or piles placed in soft clay, a bridging layer of sand or sand and gravel, and one or more layers of …
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