COMPACTION, MONITORING AND PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERED FILL AT THE DIXON OPENCAST SITE, CHESTERFIELD, UK

Two areas within the major Dixon opencast site at Brimington, near Chesterfield, England, required engineering compaction in order to permit the construction of an industrial development and by-pass. The paper describes the approach to compaction trials, monitoring of compaction and instrumentation, which comprised the installation of surface monuments, magnetic extensometers, piezometers and a United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) gauge. The results of settlement monitoring for a period of up to 1700 days are described. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 859718.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • TRENTER, N A
• Conference:
  • ENGINEERED FILLS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE 'ENGINEERED FILLS '93', HELD ON 15-17 SEPTEMBER 1993 IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 455-69

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Conferences; Earthwork; Fills; Geology; Ground settlement; Groundwater; Land reclamation; Mines; Motion; Road construction; Surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fill (Embankment)
• ITRD Terms: 5904: Compaction (state of); 8525: Conference; 3653: Earthworks; 2801: Embankment; 4053: Geology; 4383: Ground water; 5117: Mine; 5483: Movement; 3631: Reclamation (land); 3665: Road construction; 5792: Settlement; 9101: Surveillance
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00641037
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-1967-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 24 1994 12:00AM