Structural behaviour and parametric study of reinforced embankments on soft clays

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2001

Authors

José Leitão Borges (Author) FEUP; António José de Magalhães Silva Cardoso (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Computers and Geotechnics

Vol. 28 No. 3

Pages: 209-233

ISSN: 0266-352X

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Geotechnics

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DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(00)00021-5

Abstract (EN): Geotechnical behaviour of a reinforced embankment on soft ground is studied by a numerical model based on the ®nite element method. Special emphasis is given to the stress states (stress levels and pore pressures), displacements, tensile forces in the geosynthetic and overall stability, during and after construction. The in¯uence of some parameters, namely geosynthetic sti€ness and viscosity, embankment width and construction sequence, is also analysed. Several conclusions are obtained.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 25