SOME EXPLORATIONS INTO THE RESTORATION WORKS OF A RAILROAD EMBANKMENT FAILED DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR DOUBLE TRACKING

This paper deals with the soil mechanics problems encountered in the restoration works which were performed to mend the base failure of railroad embankment on a soft layer of peat due to overload of fills and Tokachioki Earthquake on 16 May, 1968. Some stability analyses and settlement calculations of the embankments restricted with steel sheet-piles and field observations are included.

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• Corporate Authors:

  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • WATANABE, S
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 72-77
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earthquakes; Embankments; Failure; Slope failure; Soil mechanics
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment failures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046956
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: 811, 1972 Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM