STABILISATION OF ROCK BATTERS USING DOWELS
Freeway construction in Melbourne often involves deep cuts in unfavourably jointed Silurian mudstones. Steel dowels have been successfully used to quickly and economically stabilise potential failures in these conditions. During the construction of the Eastern Freeway two significant rock slides occurred and several other potential slides were evident. The jointing system was assessed and the mode of failure determined. A system of steel dowels was then installed, decreasing the probability of these slides occurring. The use of a similar dowelling system is intended to stabilise a proposed railway cut, associated with the construction of the Greensborough Freeway, where similar conditions exist to those above. This represents an estimated saving of about 90 percent of the cost of a conventional retaining wall solution. /Author/TRRL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of 8th Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth.
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Corporate Authors:
ARRB
Melbourne, Victoria Australia -
Authors:
- ERVIN, M C
- Black, G C
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- Publication Date: 1976
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 16-20
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Serial:
- Volume: 8
- Issue Number: 1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Anchorages; Conferences; Dowels (Fasteners); Landslides; Rock jointing; Rocks; Rockslides; Slip surfaces; Slope stability; Soil stabilization
- Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
- Old TRIS Terms: Jointing of rock
- ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 8525: Conference; 3896: Dowel; 4089: Joint (geomorphol); 4029: Landslide; 4154: Rock; 5722: Site investigation; 5794: Slip surface (soil mech); 5783: Slope stability
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I40: Soils and Rocks;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00164206
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM