VIBROREPLACEMENT AND REINFORCED EARTH UNITE TO STRENGTHEN A WEAK FOUNDATION

Two relatively new engineering concepts in the U. S. were successfully used to solve a difficult soils problem. A highway skirting Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille was built on a side-hill fill 8 m high on silty ground. During early construction, an embankment failure occurred and 23,000 m**3 of material disappeared into the lake. A innovative solution involved placement of "stone columns" through the weak soil to support the fill above and, on top of these columns, a Reinforced Earth retaining wall.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Munoz, A J
  • MATTOX, R M
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 58-62
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Embankments; Failure; Foundations; Mechanically stabilized earth; Retaining walls; Silts; Slope stability; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM