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Title: CONSTRUCTION CONTROL FOR WICK DRAIN SYSTEMS
Accession Number: 00459537
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In high risk situations, such as that where wick drains are installed for ground improvement, a well conceived instrumentation system to monitor ground movements and pore water pressures is essential. For construction control, certain basic instrumentation is essential. On the Caltrans project at Dumbarton, South San Francisco Bay, instrument stations were set up at 500-foot intervals. The instruments used were as follows: pipe riser settlement platforms; open tube piezometers; horizontal profile gages; anchor post settlement gages; inclinometers; and heave stakes. Each of these instruments are discussed in some detail. It is emphasized that a reliable monitoring system is dependent upon the quality of the instruments employed, the care of installation, the competence of the installer-observer-recorder, and on the interpretation of the data.
Supplemental Notes: Transportation Research Circular Number 309, Shared Experience in Geotechnical Engineering: Wick Drains. 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.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Walsh, T JPagination: pp 9-10
Publication Date: 1986-9
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM
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