The static loading plate tests have been done in different engineering works and particularly in earthwork quality control. At Portugal AFNOR NF P94-117-1 and DIN 18134 standards are frequently used for this purpose. These standards differ on the test protocol and on test interpretation, which reflects on the final elastic modulus obtained. Attempting the importance that this parameter assumes ...

The construction of embankment for roadway interchange system at urban area is restricted due to the large geometry requirements, since value land required such high, and available limited as compared rural area. One optimum solutions problem earth reinforcement technique which requires a construction. Gypseous soil from Al-Anbar governorate was obtained subjected various physical chemical anal...

Piled foundations are commonly employed to reduce settlements in artificial earth embankments founded on soft soil strata. To limit the number of piles and, consequently, construction costs, popular is use geosynthetic reinforcements laid at embankment base. Nowadays, complex interaction between geosynthetics, and not yet fully understood scientific literature, simplified displacement-based app...

to take measures of safety. He rejected the old embankment and caused a new one to be constructed far away from the river side to the east of several villages between Harala and Kashra, a distance of more than two miles in length, and which still goes by his name. The villages ti the west of this bund during each overflow were allowed to suffer their destiny. The heavy losses suffered by the pe...

Transport networks play a crucial part in the global economy, with roads and railways being of particular importance at regional and national scales. However, roads and railways are founded on earthworks such as embankments, which can be susceptible to slope failure. Slope instability is a costly problem, which can lead to travel disruption, and injury or loss of life. Earthwork stability asses...

To investigate the dynamic compaction mechanism of loess-filled embankment, a computational model of unit volume compaction effort was proposed as compared with the compaction test. The energy level of dynamic compaction used in actual projects was also considered. The differences between the compaction test and the unit volume compaction effort in the actual projects were studied. And also, th...

• Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil with Retaining Wall (GRS-RW) vs conventional embankment. The experiments are carried out in a full-scale testing facility laboratory. Two track forms considered: three-sleeper concrete slab and ballasted track. GRS-RW structure showed good performance under both static cyclic loading. pressure levels found the experiment were compared against literature. This pape...

Abstract Automating earth-moving tasks has the potential to resolve labour-shortage, allow for unseen designs and foster sustainability through using on-site materials. In this interdisciplinary project involving robotics landscape architecture, we combine our previous work on autonomous excavation of free-form shapes, dynamic design terrain modelling tools into a robotic system. It tightly con...