STUDY OF THE FAILURE OF FIVE EMBANKMENTS ON COMPRESSIBLE SOIL

ETUDE DE LA RUPTURE DE CINQ REMBLAIS SUR SOLS MOUS

This article summarizes five studies of the failure of embankments built on compressible soil observed over the last 10 years either on construction sites or during full-scale tests. The first part of the article consists of a brief bibliography, which deals with landslides observed during the last 20 years. The second part describes each failure in detail: nature of the subgrade, conditions of construction, description of the landslide, calculation of stability. The third part deals with the form of failure observed, the shear strength of the embankment, and values of the safety coefficient up to failure point. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

  Boulevard Lefebvre 58
  Paris Cedex 15,   France  F-75732
• Authors:
  • Pilot, G
• Publication Date: 1973-3-4

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 89-101
• Serial:
  • Bulletin de Liaison des Lab des Ponts et Chaussees
  • Issue Number: 64
  • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Calculation; Coefficients; Compressibility; Construction management; Construction sites; Embankments; Failure; Landslides; Safety; Shear strength; Slope failure; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soils; Stability (Mechanics); Strength of materials; Subgrade (Pavements); Tests
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment failures; Embankment stability
• ITRD Terms: 8518: Bibliography; 6464: Calculation; 6423: Circle; 4177: Clay; 5905: Compressibility; 5211: Cracking; 2801: Embankment; 5520: Failure; 4029: Landslide; 5922: Plasticity; 5504: Safety coefficient; 5531: Shear; 4149: Silt; 5783: Slope stability; 4156: Soil; 5755: Soil mechanics; 5544: Strength (mater); 2950: Subgrade
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1975 12:00AM