Performance of a Geogrid-Reinforced and Pile-Supported Highway Embankment over Soft Clay: Case Study
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Vol. 133 (12), 1483-1493
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1090-0241(2007)133:12(1483)
Abstract
This paper describes a case history of a geogrid-reinforced and pile-supported (GRPS) highway embankment with a low area improvement ratio of 8.7%. Field monitored data from contact pressures acting on the pile and soil surfaces, pore-water pressures, settlements and lateral displacements are reported and discussed. The case history is backanalyzed by carrying out three-dimensional (3D) fully coupled finite-element analysis. The measured and computed results are compared and discussed. Based on the field observations of contact stresses and pore-water pressures and the numerical simulations of the embankment construction, it is clear that there was a significant load transfer from the soil to the piles due to soil arching. The measured contact pressure acting on the pile was about 14 times higher than that acting on the soil located between the piles. This transfer greatly reduced excess positive pore water pressures induced in the soft silty clay. The measured excess pore water pressure ratio B¯ max in t...Keywords
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