SPECIAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES FOR A STEEP AND VERY HIGH PLANTABLE RETAINING AND SOUND WALL

A very high cribwall combined with a geotextile reinforced fill sloping toward the airport side now protect the old village center of Steenokkerzel located directly next to the Brussels International airport. This task required to develop various design and construction features for this 16m high retaining and sound protection wall. These special features include (1) cribwall type retaining wall units, developed for excellent plant growth even on an overly steep wall face, now adapted for soil reinforcement, (2) connection of polyester fabric to wall facing without direct contact to concrete to eliminate effects of high pH-values, (3) flexible connections between the relatively soft fill and the rigid concrete facing, and (4) manufacturing custom made geometry for prefabricated concrete units to exactly fit tight corners on the battered wall face. Whether predicted bulging at corners nor settlement deformations resulted due to these special requirements. The high structure resolves noise pollution by airplanes in a sensitive area and is considered as a state of the art solution for other airports. For the covering abstract see ITRD E117244.

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • JAECKLIN, F P
  • ZEITER, P
• Publication Date: 2002-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 233-6
• Serial:
  • GEOSYNTHETICS: STATE OF THE ART - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOSYNTHETICS, 7-ICG, HELD 22-27 SEPTEMBER 2002, NICE, FRANCE.
  • Volume: 1
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Conferences; Geotextiles; Noise barriers
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 8525: Conference; 4568: Geotextile; 2886: Noise barrier
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00943198
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-5809-523-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 11 2003 12:00AM