STABILIZATION OF CREEPING SLOPES BY DOWELS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

Creeping slopes in stiff clay can be stabilized by using dowels made of concrete or steel. The stabilization results in a reduction of the creep rate to a level which is harmless to superstructures. The dowels transmit the stabilizing force from the substratum to the creeping soil. The lateral load on the dowels is assumed to increase linearly up to a maximum value with the displacement relative to the surrounding soil. The design of the stabilization is carried out assuming the dowels as elastic beams with a constant coefficient of lateral subgrade reaction. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • GUDEHUS, G
  • SCHWARZ, W
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 1697-700
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Coefficient of subgrade reaction; Conferences; Creep; Dowels; Slope stability; Stiffness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral loads
• Old TRIS Terms: Creep rate
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466423
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM