MEMBRANE ENCAPSULATED SOIL LAYERS

AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DURABLE INEXPENSIVE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ENCAPSULATED SOIL LAYERS (MESL) CONSTRUCTION IS NOW ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE WITH CONVENTIONAL PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION. TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT SOIL LAYERS CAN BE EFFECTIVELY PROTECTED AGAINST INTRUSION OF MOISTURE WITH AVAILABLE MATERIALS AND EXISTING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE EFFECTS OF RESIDUAL STRESSES INDUCED DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THE DENSIFICATION OF THE ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL DURING TRAFFIC RESULTED IN A STIFFER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS MORE EFFECTIVE IN DISTRIBUTING THE LOAD, THAN WAS PREDICTED BY MODELS USING SOIL PARAMETERS OBTAINED FROM THE AS- CONSTRUCTED CONDITIONS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROC PAPER 10240
• Authors:
  • Sale, J P
  • Parker, F
  • Barker, W R
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1077-89
• Serial:
  • Journal of Soil Mechanics & Foundations Div
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: sm12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Encapsulation; Load transfer; Pavement layers; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Membranes
• Old TRIS Terms: Membranes (Biology)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215694
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM