<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> There are currently several national standards or regulations for the design of the piled embankment, providing suitable solutions for foundation of transport structure on soft, high compressible subsoil, [1]. The most widely used and the best-known standard is British Standard BS8006 [2], which was confronted with another analytical design methodologies (Ebgeo, CUR). Today’s popularity and versatility of FEM numerical models brings many advantages, which analytical methods cannot achieved, but must be verified by proposed scaled physical model, which was currently being developed by Department of Geotechnics, University of Žilina.</p></abstract>

There are currently several national standards or regulations for the design of the piled embankment, providing suitable solutions for foundation of transport structure on soft, high compressible subsoil, [1]. The most widely used and the best-known standard is British Standard BS8006 [2], which was confronted with another analytical design methodologies (Ebgeo, CUR). Today’s popularity and versatility of FEM numerical models brings many advantages, which analytical methods cannot achieved, but must be verified by proposed scaled physical model, which was currently being developed by Department of Geotechnics, University of Žilina.

Piled Embankment Design Comparison

Department of Geotechnics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina.

Department of Geotechnics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina

Department of Railway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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There are currently several national standards or regulations for the design of the piled embankment, providing suitable solutions for foundation of transport...

Piled Embankment Design Comparison

Published Online: May 23, 2015

Page range: 76 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2015-0010

Keywords
Piled embankment, Physical model, Arching, Soft subsoil, Reinforcement, Geogrids

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Piled Embankment Design Comparison

Published Online: May 23, 2015

Page range: 76 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2015-0010

KeywordsPiled embankment, Physical model, Arching, Soft subsoil, Reinforcement, Geogrids

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Piled embankment, Physical model, Arching, Soft subsoil, Reinforcement, Geogrids