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- W584712341 abstract "THE SETTLEMENT AND STABILITY OF A TRIAL EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTED ON THE ROUTE OF THE BIRMINGHAM-EXETER (M5) MOTORWAY NEAR AVONMOUTH WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EMBANKMENT, WHICH WAS SQUARE IN PLAN, HAD A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 9.2M, A WIDTH AT THE BASE OF 67M AND SIDE SLOPES OF 1 IN 2 (27 DEGREES). IT WAS CONSTRUCTED OF PULVERIZED-FUEL ASH ON HIGHLY COMPRESSIBLE ALLUVIUM EXTENDING TO ABOUT 13 M DEPTH. MEASUREMENTS OF POREWATER PRESSURE, IN-SITU PERMEABILITY AND SETTLEMENT WERE MADE IN THE SUBSOIL TO ENABLE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMBANKMENT TO BE ASSESSED. THE INVESTIGATION HAS SHOWN THAT THE USE OF THE CONVENTIONAL THEORY OF CONSOLIDATION TOGETHER WITH THE SOIL PARAMETERS FROM LABORATORY TESTS PRODUCED VERY SIGNIFICANT UNDERESTIMATES OF THE RATE OF SETTLEMENT. A MORE SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT PREDICTION WAS OBTAINED USING THE RESULTS OF IN-SITU PERMEABILITY TESTS TOGETHER WITH A SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS WHICH INVOLVED MORE REALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS. DURING CONSTRUCTION THE MINIMUM FACTOR OF SAFETY AGAINST SHEAR FAILURE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1.7, THIS VALUE OCCURRING WHEN THE EMBANKMENT ATTAINED ITS FULL HEIGHT. AS THE MOST ADVERSE SUBSOIL CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED IN THE TRIAL AREA IT WAS, THEREFORE, DEMONSTRATED THAT STABLE EMBANKMENTS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO SIMILAR HEIGHTS AT OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE ALLUVIAL PLAIN. /TRRL/" @default.
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- W584712341 title "EMBANKMENTS CONSTRUCTED ON SOFT FOUNDATIONS: SETTLEMENT STUDY OF AVONMOUTH" @default.
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