Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures
A number of embankments founded on soft clays have become unstable during construction of a major highway project in Malaysia. Three of the embankments were back analysed based on their geometries before the failure. Measured in situ vane shear strengths were used in total stress analyses to dete...
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1995
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| description | A number of embankments founded on soft clays have become unstable during
construction of a major highway project in Malaysia. Three of the embankments
were back analysed based on their geometries before the failure. Measured in
situ vane shear strengths were used in total stress analyses to determine the factor
of safety at failure. Performances of the soft clay foundation with regards to
vertical and horizontal displacements, and piezometric response, when the failure
was imminent were also described. |
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| language | English English |
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| spelling | upm-38612013-05-27T07:11:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3861/ Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures Kim Huat, Bujang A number of embankments founded on soft clays have become unstable during construction of a major highway project in Malaysia. Three of the embankments were back analysed based on their geometries before the failure. Measured in situ vane shear strengths were used in total stress analyses to determine the factor of safety at failure. Performances of the soft clay foundation with regards to vertical and horizontal displacements, and piezometric response, when the failure was imminent were also described. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1995 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3861/1/Stability_of_Embankments_on_Soft_Ground.pdf Kim Huat, Bujang (1995) Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 3 (1). pp. 123-139. ISSN 0128-7680 English |
| spellingShingle | Kim Huat, Bujang Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title | Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title_full | Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title_fullStr | Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title_short | Stability of Embankments on Soft Ground Lessons from Failures |
| title_sort | stability of embankments on soft ground lessons from failures |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3861/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3861/1/Stability_of_Embankments_on_Soft_Ground.pdf |