REINFORCING EMBANKMENTS BY SHORT SHEET PILES AND TIE RODS VOLUME I
A simple and often economic method for improving the stability of embankments constructed on soft foundations is described. Two rows of short sheet piles or horizontally lying channel sections are placed at the edges of an embankment, and they are connected by steel tie or anchor rods. Two instrumented test embankments reinforced by this method are described; one embankment was loaded to failure. From these tests, preliminary design rules were established, which enabled the successful application of the method at more than 20 highway and railroad construction sites in Sweden. A hypothesis for how the reinforcement functions is advanced, and simple design procedures are given.
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Supplemental Notes:
- New Horizons in Construction Materials, International Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 1-3, 1976.
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Corporate Authors:
Envo Publishing Company, Incorporated
P.O. Box 2326
Lehigh Valley, PA United States 10001 -
Authors:
- Wager, O
- Holtz, R D
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 177-186
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Construction sites; Economics; Embankments; Highways; Material reinforcement; Railroad facilities; Railroads; Sheet piling; Soft rock; Soil stabilization; Soils; Stability (Mechanics); Support piles; Tie rods
- Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization
- Old TRIS Terms: Highway systems
- Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00158302
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM