DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF COMPACTED SHALE EMBANKMENTS. VOLUME 2. EVALUATION AND REMEDIAL TREATMENT OF SHALE EMBANKMENTS

The purpose of the three-phase study is to develop design and construction methodologies that will enable shales which have caused settlements and slope failure in highway embankments to be identified and used successfully in future construction. The purpose of Phase II was to develop (a) techniques for evaluating the stability of existing embankments and (b) remedial treatments for distressed embankments. Information obtained from State and Federal agencies and the literature was reviewed. Types and probable causes of distress, evaluation techniques, and remedial treatment measures are discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-253 120.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bragg, GHJ
  • Zeigler, T W
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 245 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction management; Design; Design methods; Durability; Embankments; Evaluation; Failure; Grading; Ground settlement; Highways; Inclinometers; Piezometers; Retaining walls; Settlement (Structures); Shale; Shear strength; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil compaction; Soil stabilization; Stability (Mechanics); Subsurface drainage; Tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment compaction; Embankment stability; Grading earthworking; Markers; Remedies; Settlement structural; Slope protection
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136830
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-75- 62 Intrm Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM