...Razel Ramilo; Tim Haxell; Richard Mulvad Cole This paper presents a case study on the performance evaluation of three surcharge embankments constructed on soft, compressible soils as part of the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway project in New Zealand. Embankments, located near Awatea Stream and Mary...

...Merrick Jones; Richard Kelly; Shan Huang; Jinsong Huang Bayesian updating is a machine learning tool that has been used to assess the performance of an embankment constructed on soft ground, which incorporates measured data to evaluate key geotechnical parameters. The method is computationally...

...Farshad Astaraki, MD, MSc; Morteza Esmaeili, PhD An investigation was undertaken into the stability of railway embankment slopes over soft subgrades stabilised by deep-mixed columns (DMCs). Three 1 : 10 scale laboratory embankments were constructed over unreinforced and reinforced subgrade...

...Hirochika Hayashi, PhD, PEJp; Osamu Hatakeyama, BEng; Hijiri Hashimoto, DEng, PEJp This paper discusses secondary consolidation of peat ground improved by vacuum consolidation method, and quantitatively presents the degree of reduction of the secondary consolidation. When an embankment...

...Ugochukwu Nnatuanya Okonkwo For most treated soils in compacted form for earth embankments, interest had been limited to the maximum stresses they can sustain before failure. This work studied the stress–strain behaviour of a compacted lateritic soil treated with palm kernel shell ash (PKSA) from 0...

...Iman Hosseinpour, MSc, PhD; Mario Riccio, MSc, PhD; Marcio S.S. Almeida, MSc, PhD, MICE The performance of a geosynthetic-encased column (GEC) supporting an embankment is often analysed by measurement of the total deformations under the embankment, the hoop tensile force in the geosynthetic...

...Liet Chi Dang; Cong Chi Dang; Hadi Khabbaz A novel ground modification technique is proposed utilising a fibre-reinforced load-transfer platform (FRLTP) and deep cement mixing column-supported (CS) embankment constructed over soft soils. An equivalent two-dimensional finite-element model...

...Guangya Ding, PhD; Fan Sun, BE; Pengyan Dai, BE Saturated soft clay subgrade in Wenzhou was reinforced by a combination of vacuum preloading and surcharge preloading using different loading materials. Using the principle of similarity, embankments were erected on samples of the soft clay subgrade...

... and then soaked in water are highly susceptible to slaking and strength loss. Sulfur content can form expansive minerals in soil–FA mixtures, which reduces long-term strength and durability. 18 05 2017 17 08 2017 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2017 embankments geotechnical...

...Morteza Esmaeili, PhD; Behnam Arbabi, MSEng This study investigates the role of an integrated tied back-to-back strengthening system in increasing the failure load and decreasing the crest settlement of railway embankments. The strengthening system consists of bars or tendons installed through...

...Iman Hosseinpour, PhD; Marcio S. S. Almeida, PhD, MICE; Mario Riccio, PhD This paper compares the field response of two test embankments constructed on similar soft soil deposits. The un-strengthened foundation had vertical drains underneath the embankment and the strengthened foundation had...

... in pavements without requiring large quantities of lime. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2016 06 08 2014 07 04 2016 embankments geotechnical engineering natural resources Large amounts of waste by-products, namely fly ash, ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), silica...

... soil mixing methods by identifying design parameters that have the most significant impact on the global factor of safety. 05 05 2014 28 04 2015 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2016 embankments land reclamation retaining walls Table 1. Summary of typical...

.... embankments energy Dynamic compaction (DC) is a useful and economical technique for improvement of granular soils. It was introduced for the first time by Menard and Broise (1975) as heavy tamping. The DC technique involves using a crane to drop weights of between 5 and 40 t, from heights of 15–30...

...Suthasinee Artidteang, PhD; Dennes T. Bergado, PhD; Salisa Chaiyaput, MEng; Tawatchai Tanchaisawat, DEng This paper focuses on the behaviour of a full-scale test embankment with silty sand backfill on soft ground reinforced with kenaf limited life geotextiles (LLGs). Slide 5·0 software is used...

...Paulo J. Venda Oliveira, PhD, CEng; Rui F. P. M. L. Cruz, CEng; Luis. J. L. Lemos, PhD, CEng; Jorge N. V. Almeida e Sousa, PhD, CEng This paper compares two-dimensional (2D) with three-dimensional (3D) water flow modelling used to predict the behaviour of an embankment built on a soft soil improved...

.... Figure 1. Plan view of drain installation patterns: (a) square pattern; (b) triangular pattern; (c) drain walls; (d) drain rings installed in a square pattern At the embankment centreline where lateral displacement is negligible and one-dimensional consolidation is valid, the unit-cell analysis...

... Publishing: All rights reserved 2015 embankments geotechnical engineering strength & testing of materials The initial moisture content of the host soil was then increased in 2% intervals. At a moisture content of 26% a homogeneous mix was achieved, with a uniform distribution of fibres...

...G. L. Sivakumar Babu, ME, PhD; Raja Jaladurgam, ME The paper presents a case example of the rehabilitation of distressed cantilever retaining walls that were constructed for a road approach embankment. The retaining walls showed clear signs of distress immediately after completion and hence...

... relevant case studies. 02 8 2013 26 2 2013 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2014 embankments field testing & monitoring reviews a positive integer representing differential settlement c_vh coefficient of consolidation...