ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC AND X-RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF SOILS TO CLARIFY STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS DURING THE SHEARING PROCESS
ELEKTRONENMIKROSKOPISCHE UND ROENTGENOGRAPHISCHE UNTERSUCHUN G VON BOEDEN ZUR KLAERUNG DER STRUKTURAENDERUNGEN BEIM SCHER VORGANG
IN THE COURSE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THERE ARE INCREASING INSTANCES OF MORE OR LESS SEVERE SLIDES ON THE SLOPES OF CLAY SOILS. SINCE, IF ZONES PRONE TO SLIDING CAN BE DETERMINED AT AN EARLY DATE, MEASURES FOR AVOIDING THE SLIDE ZONES CAN BE INITIATED AT THE DESIGN STAGE, THE CLARIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THESE SOILS IS AN ECONOMIC NECESSITY. THE RESEARCH WILL STUDY THE CAUSES OF LOSS OF STRENGTH IN SLIDE-PRONE CLAY SOILS DURING THE SHEARING PROCESS BY MAKING THE ALTERATION IN THE STRUCTURE VISIBLE USING ELECTRO-MICROSCOPIC AND X-RADIOGRAPHIC METHODS.
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Contract Numbers:
ITRD BM 15
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Sponsor Organizations:
BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER BAUTEN UND TECHNIK
STUBENRING 1
WIEN, OESTERREICH A-1010 -
Project Managers:
BOROWICKA, H
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Performing Organizations:
FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FUER DAS STRASSEN- UND VERKEHRSWESEN IM OEIAV
ESCHENBACHGASSE 9
WIEN, Austria A-1010 W - Start Date: 19701100
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19730000
- Source Data: ITRD D700515
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Electronics; Landslides; Microscopes; Research projects; Shear strength; Soils; X rays
- Geographic Terms: Austria
- ITRD Terms: 8007: Austria; 6965: Electronics; 4029: Landslide; 6790: Microscope; 8557: Research project; 5531: Shear; 4156: Soil; STRUCTURE ; 6728: X ray
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; I42: Soil Mechanics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01292473
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV)
- Contract Numbers: ITRD BM 15
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 3:30AM