STABILITY OF A RAILWAY CUTTING IN MICACEOUS SILTSTONES

Instability of a partially completed cutting was arrested by temporary drainage and careful monitoring. Analysis indicated that the final cutting would be unstable due to the low shear strength of thin layers of silty clay. Permanent anchors were adopted to provide a stable slope.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Reg. Conf. for Afr. on Soil Mech. & Found. Eng, 6th, Durban, S. Afr. Sept. 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

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  Salem, NH  United States  03079
• Authors:
  • Wagener, F
  • NEELY, W J
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Reg. Conf. for Afr. on Soil Mech. & Found. Eng, 6th, Durban, S. Afr. Sept. 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 213-218
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Cutting; Drainage; Excavations; Micaceous soils; Railroads; Shear strength; Silts; Siltstones; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Anchors
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM