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Ningjun Jiang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

K Fei - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • performance of a geogrid reinforced and pile supported Highway Embankment over soft clay case study
    Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2007
    Co-Authors: Hanlong Liu, K Fei
    Abstract:

    This paper describes a case history of a geogrid-reinforced and pile-supported (GRPS) Highway Embankment with a low area improvement ratio of 8.7%. Field monitored data from contact pressures acting on the pile and soil surfaces, pore-water pressures, settlements and lateral displacements are reported and discussed. The case history is backanalyzed by carrying out three-dimensional (3D) fully coupled finite-element analysis. The measured and computed results are compared and discussed. Based on the field observations of contact stresses and pore-water pressures and the numerical simulations of the Embankment construction, it is clear that there was a significant load transfer from the soil to the piles due to soil arching. The measured contact pressure acting on the pile was about 14 times higher than that acting on the soil located between the piles. This transfer greatly reduced excess positive pore water pressures induced in the soft silty clay. The measured excess pore water pressure ratio B¯ max in t...

Hanlong Liu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • grouted gravel column supported Highway Embankment over soft clay case study
    Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2015
    Co-Authors: Hanlong Liu, Gangqiang Kong, Jian Chu, Xuanming Ding
    Abstract:

    In this paper, a simplified column construction method — the so-called grouted gravel column — and its application to construction of Embankments over soft ground are introduced. The construction m...

  • performance of a geogrid reinforced and pile supported Highway Embankment over soft clay case study
    Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2007
    Co-Authors: Hanlong Liu, K Fei
    Abstract:

    This paper describes a case history of a geogrid-reinforced and pile-supported (GRPS) Highway Embankment with a low area improvement ratio of 8.7%. Field monitored data from contact pressures acting on the pile and soil surfaces, pore-water pressures, settlements and lateral displacements are reported and discussed. The case history is backanalyzed by carrying out three-dimensional (3D) fully coupled finite-element analysis. The measured and computed results are compared and discussed. Based on the field observations of contact stresses and pore-water pressures and the numerical simulations of the Embankment construction, it is clear that there was a significant load transfer from the soil to the piles due to soil arching. The measured contact pressure acting on the pile was about 14 times higher than that acting on the soil located between the piles. This transfer greatly reduced excess positive pore water pressures induced in the soft silty clay. The measured excess pore water pressure ratio B¯ max in t...

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Jared Mcginn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • design construction and performance of a Highway Embankment failure repaired with tire derived aggregate
    Transportation Research Record, 2010
    Co-Authors: Bernie Mills, Jared Mcginn
    Abstract:

    In July 2006, a large Embankment failure occurred during construction of a four-lane divided Highway leading to the Canada-U.S. border crossing in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The Highway Embankment was approximately 12.3 m in height, just short of the design height of 14 m, when it failed. The cause of the failure was attributed to the rapid rate of construction and the intensity of loading on low-strength foundation soils, consisting of up to 15 m of soft marine clay. The reconstruction effort used 1.4 million scrap tires to create the tire-derived aggregate (TDA) as lightweight fill. TDA was placed within the new Embankment, constructed over the site of the original failure. An important element to the design was the installation of geotechnical instrumentation, which allowed an observational approach to be taken during the construction process. This approach resulted in modifications to the original design throughout the process of reconstructing the TDA Embankment. This paper presents the resu...