... embankments settlement C_c compression index C_r recompression index c_v coefficient of consolidation e void ratio e₀ initial void ratio F rate at which secondary...

... by facilitating water infiltration. Probabilistic analysis further showed that the FoS at the end of simulations typically ranged from 1.1 to 1.4, with a recommended 5th percentile value of 1.1 for embankment slope designs. Corresponding author Tao Zhao (tzhao@whrsm.ac.cn) 29 06 2024 27 01 2025...

...Xiao Wan; James Doherty Geotechnical engineers continually seek accurate methodologies for predicting the time-dependent settlement of embankments on soft soils. This paper introduces a novel data-driven approach that utilises constant rate of strain (CRS) test data to forecast embankment...

...Alejandra López Ramírez, MSc; Monica Susanne Löfman, MSc; Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, PhD Settlement calculations in serviceability limit state (SLS) design of embankments require the estimation of characteristic values of soil properties to account for different sources of uncertainty. The upcoming...

... 14 06 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 embankments failure mathematical modelling Water retention earth structures such as river levees and dykes play an important role in territory protection, whereby they are designed to prevent flooding. Risk assessments...

... for the sand. The application of E_vd as a substitute for K₃₀ in the compaction evaluation of sand subgrade can lead to significant efficiency. 24 10 2019 03 03 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 embankments field testing...

...Piltan Tabatabaie Shourijeh, PhD; Abbas Soroush, PhD; Mohammad Mehrjou, MSc Mixed or intermediate soils are widely used in the construction of embankment dams. Unfavourable climate conditions and poor quality control may result in the use of mixed soils as under-compacted dam cores, with moisture...

...Michael Long; Gustav Grimstad; Andrew Trafford Despite the prevalence of peat in northern areas of Europe and elsewhere, there are comparatively few case histories of carefully monitored embankments constructed directly on peat. In addition the use of relatively advanced and commercially available...

... sampling proves effective in discerning the geotechnical reasons behind the occurrence of the river levee failures observed at the old river course. embankments geotechnical engineering site investigation 2 R l = 0.0676 N 1 + Δ R D 50 , N 1 = N 98...

...Ren-Peng Chen, PhD; Qi-Wei Liu, BEng; Han-Lin Wang, PhD; Yuan Liu, MEng; Qing-Lei Ma, BEng This study presents field investigations of a geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported embankment for a transformer substation constructed on a soft marine deposit. The tests were performed following three...

... instrumentation of roller compactor: (a) GPS and wiring of accelerometers to DAQ system; (b) installation of accelerometers to measure vibration on roller compactor drum frame; (c) components of DAQ embankments quality control transport management The adoption of mechanistic pavement design...

... material subject to a performance specification (Carder et al., 2009). 16 05 2019 27 11 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 embankments geotechnical engineering recycling & reuse of materials Continuous compaction control (CCC) has been...

... study was carried out involving comparison with monotonic and cyclic thaw consolidation element tests, analytical solutions and a well-documented case study of an unstable roadway embankment. The latter was complemented by an investigation of thaw-settlement remediation solutions using thermosyphons...

... on a 1 m high rock-fill embankment. This method has been called automatic frequency control (AFC). Compacting at the resonant frequency results in maximised deformations in the soil by optimising the dynamic behaviour of the system and improving the interaction between the drum and the soil...

... method for evaluating the long-term dynamic stability of roadbeds. The research results can provide a technical reference for subgrade filler selection and subgrade design in a loess area. 16 04 2019 12 07 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 dynamics embankments fatigue...

... of environmental and economic considerations. The stored sludge (around 350 000 m³) was transported to the neighbouring environmentally controlled deposit, Veldhoven (Ham, Belgium), and stacked on top of existing sludge, using the sludge itself as dyke construction material. To calibrate the embankment...

...Tao Yang, PhD; Zhenrong Lu, BEng; Jing Ni, PhD; Ganggang Wang, MEng Soil arching is a common phenomenon in a piled embankment. A precise soil arch shape is a key prerequisite for developing an analytical model to calculate the soil arching effect. In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) elastic...

...Anil K. Sinha, PhD; Vasant G. Havanagi, PhD; Jagdish T. Shahu, PhD A detailed laboratory study was carried out to evaluate the physical, chemical and geotechnical characteristics of jarofix (a waste material generated by the zinc industry) before assessing its applicability for embankment...

...Piltan Tabatabaie Shourijeh, BSc, MSc, PhD; Abbas Soroush, BSc, MSc, PhD; Sina Shams Molavi, BSc, MSc; Sina Ramezani Fouladi, BSc, MSc Modern filter design procedures for embankment dams respect criteria stemming from no-erosion filter (NEF) tests. The widespread application of NEF testing has...

...Lijun Wu, PhD; Guanlu Jiang, PhD; Xianfeng Liu, PhD; Hongbing Xiao, PhD; Daichao Sheng, PhD This paper presents a full-scale test of high-speed railway embankments over completely decomposed granite soil foundations in order to investigate the performance of geosynthetic-reinforced and pile...