Laboratory Report LR 675 Embankments on soft foundations: settlement and stability study at Over causeway by-pass
Publication Year
1975
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Describes an investigation of the settlement and stability of a road embankment constructed on compressible alluvium along the re-aligned section of the A40 trunk road to the west of Gloucester. Covers description of site, instrumentation, construction work and site measurement, laboratory and in-situ testing, settlement analyses, calculation of stability, and discussion of results.
Author
Symons, I. F. and Murray, R. T.
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