TGV TRAIN: WAREMME VIADUCT FOUNDATION PROBLEMS
TRAIN A TRES GRANDE VITESSE: LES FONDATIONS DU VIADUC DE WAREMME
The Waremme viaduct is part of the Brussels-Cologne TGV link. Due to the presence of a top layer of compressible soil overlying chalk, with flint and calcareous boulders and highly weathered in many places, the viaduct had to be founded on 2442 closed end tubular driven piles. The pile tests carried out on these piles indicated bearing capacities much lower than the required values and the foundation design had to be reconsidered accordingly. It was also decided to carry out an additional soil investigation based on pressuremeter tests and more adequate for complex soils that CPT tests. A new piling technique, much more efficient in weathered chalk, was also proposed and tested. The main results obtained on instrumented tested piles are presented.
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Corporate Authors:
AA Balkema
P.O. Box 1675
Rotterdam, Netherlands BR-3000 -
Authors:
- Bustamante, M
- Gianeselli, L
- Salvador, H
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Conference:
- Twelfth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings)
- Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Date: 1999-6-7 to 1999-6-10
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- French
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1743-48
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Chalks; Foundation soils; Geotechnical engineering; Load tests; Penetrometers; Pressure gages; Soil compaction; Support piles; Viaducts
- Geographic Terms: France
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00782136
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9058090477
- Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 12 2000 12:00AM