EMBANKMENT FOUNDATION STABILITY USING RESIDUAL STRENGTH

Three case histories are described which involve the construction of major bridge approach fills on heavily overconsolidated clay or clay-shale foundations, in which the residual strength of the foundation materials governed the design. The case histories are well documented by both field and laboratory observations. The difficulties of detecting thin pre-existing failure planes in overconsolidated foundation materials are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 29th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Session X, October 13-16, 1976, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Geotechnical Society

  2050 Mansfield
  Montreal, PQ  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Insley, A E
  • Chatterji, P K
  • Smith, L B
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 29th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Session X, October 13-16, 1976, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-32

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Consolidations; Embankments; Fills; Foundations; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soil structure interaction; Soils
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM