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Title:

STABILIZATION OF MARSH DEPOSIT

Accession Number:

00232498

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE METHOD OF STABILIZATION OF MARSH DEPOSITS AT SWIMMING RIVER, RED BANK, N.J., IS PRESENTED WITH EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF VERTICAL SAND DRAINS. THE AIM OF THE DESIGN WAS TO ACCOMPLISH THE PREDICTED SETTLEMENT WITHIN A SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION TIME AND TO INSURE STABILITY OF THE EMBANKMENT AGAINST SHEAR FAILURE AT ALL TIMES. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND ORDER OF PROCEDURE USED IN THE STABILIZATION WORK AND SUCH CONTROL DEVICES AS PIEZOMETERS, EMBANKMENT CONTROL STAKES, AND SETTLEMENT PLATFORMS. DURING CONSTRUCTION, A SIMPLE AND QUICK METHOD OF DETERMINING THE APPROXIMATE PERCENT CONSOLIDATION ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE COMPRESSIBLE SOIL MASS IN EACH STAGE OF LOADING WAS USED. THE WORKABILITY IS INDICATED OF THE SAND DRAIN METHOD OF STABILIZATION AT SWIMMING RIVER WHERE HIGHLY COMPRESSIBLE SOIL IS LOCATED. SETTLEMENT OF GREAT MAGNITUDE WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME WITH NO SHEAR FAILURE, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PREDICTED AND ACTUAL SETTLEMENT IN MOST AREAS INDICATED THAT THIS METHOD OF STABILIZATION WITH CLOSE CONTROL OF FIELD WORK CAN BE DEPENDED UPON TO PRODUCE SATISFACTORY AND PREDICTABLE RESULTS. DRAWINGS SHOW A TYPICAL SOIL PROFILE, LIMITS OF STABILIZATION, A TYPICAL DESIGN PLAN INCLUDING THE LAYOUT OF THE CONTROL DEVICES, A TYPICAL HALF-SECTION OF THE EMBANKMENT, DETAILS OF THE CONTROL DEVICES, A TYPICAL FIELD OBSERVATION RECORD, FIELD CONTROL CHART, AND A TYPICAL SETTLEMENTS, ETC. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

No 115, pp 31-43, 11 FIG Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01410516

Authors:

Tsien, S I

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

1955

Serial:

Highway Research Board Bulletin

Issue Number: 115
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Soil consolidation

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Construction; Geotechnology; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 29 1970 12:00AM

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