A REINFORCED ROAD EMBANKMENT ON SOFT SOIL

A 60 m long stretch of a bridge approach embankment, which rises 3.5 m above the original ground level has been reinforced using plastic geogrids. The subsoil is mainly soft clay, the top layers having a high organic content. The reinforcement is placed in one and partly two layers under the embankment. The behaviour of the constructed embankment indicates that even a rather weak reinforcement increases the stability sufficiently. The relative settlement profiles of the embankment are about the same in cross-sections with and without reinforcement. A thin layer of reinforcement does obviously not have significant effect on settlement. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from NGM84, Nordic Geotechnical Congress, Linkoeping, Sweden, June 1-3, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish Geotechnical Institute

  Fack
  S-581 01 Linkoping 1,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Valtonen, M
  • Faerkkilae, H
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 215-222
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh
  • Publisher: Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge abutments; Clay; Conferences; Embankments; Geotextiles; Ground settlement; Material reinforcement; Mechanical stability; Properties of materials; Soft clays; Soft soils; Soil stabilization; Structural settlement; Subsoil
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 5905: Compressibility; 8525: Conference; 2801: Embankment; 8035: Finland; 4568: Geotextile; 5925: Properties; 9111: Reinforcement (gen); 5792: Settlement; 5930: Stability; 2930: Subsoil
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM