STUDY OF EMBANKMENTS ON COMPRESSIBLE SOIL. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE "LABORATORIE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES" /IN FRENCH/

FOLLOWING A DEFINITION OF COMPRESSIBLE SOIL, DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL AND DETAILED STUDIES OF STABILITY AND SETTLEMENT MEASUREMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS DURING AND AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMBANKMENT ON COMPRESSIBLE SOIL. DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION METHODS ARE GIVEN FOR EMBANKMENTS ON SOFT SOIL. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Dunod Editeur

  92 rue Bonaparte
  Paris 6e,   France 
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 216 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressibility; Construction management; Embankments; Equipment; Ground settlement; Soils; Stability (Mechanics); Surveying
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00232284
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1973 12:00AM