<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This work presents the geotechnical problems occurring in the interaction area between road embankments and the bridge structures in case a subsoil characterised by complex and complicated geological and engineering conditions. These significant problems that occur during the design, performance and exploitation of the abutment structures, are illustrated on the example of engineering practice in Lower Silesia, concerning a road embankment that constitutes access to the bridge. The results of numerical analyses concerning the process of consolidation of low-strength soils and their impact on the settlements of road embankment indicate the need to carry out such analyses also in the cases, when the soft soils occur in the direct geotechnical layer under the designed embankment. The Authors included in this article a discussion regarding other effective actions and solutions that can be used in the design and performance phase, leading to the elimination or reduction of problems concerning the connection of engineering structures with road embankments, which have been recurring for years, ultimately resulting in the improvement of quality, comfort and safety of road exploitation.</p></abstract>

This work presents the geotechnical problems occurring in the interaction area between road embankments and the bridge structures in case a subsoil characterised by complex and complicated geological and engineering conditions. These significant problems that occur during the design, performance and exploitation of the abutment structures, are illustrated on the example of engineering practice in Lower Silesia, concerning a road embankment that constitutes access to the bridge. The results of numerical analyses concerning the process of consolidation of low-strength soils and their impact on the settlements of road embankment indicate the need to carry out such analyses also in the cases, when the soft soils occur in the direct geotechnical layer under the designed embankment. The Authors included in this article a discussion regarding other effective actions and solutions that can be used in the design and performance phase, leading to the elimination or reduction of problems concerning the connection of engineering structures with road embankments, which have been recurring for years, ultimately resulting in the improvement of quality, comfort and safety of road exploitation.

Geotechnical Problems Of The Foundation Of Road Embankments By The Bridge Structures

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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This work presents the geotechnical problems occurring in the interaction area between road embankments and the bridge structures in case a subsoil...

Geotechnical Problems Of The Foundation Of Road Embankments By The Bridge Structures

Article Category: Research Articles

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 272 - 281

Received: Oct 25, 2019

Accepted: Nov 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0036

Keywords
transport engineering, road embankments, bridge abutments, differential settlements

© 2019 Andrzej Batog, Elżbieta Stilger-Szydło, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Geotechnical Problems Of The Foundation Of Road Embankments By The Bridge Structures

Article Category: Research Articles

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 272 - 281

Received: Oct 25, 2019

Accepted: Nov 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2019-0036

Keywordstransport engineering, road embankments, bridge abutments, differential settlements

© 2019 Andrzej Batog, Elżbieta Stilger-Szydło, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
transport engineering, road embankments, bridge abutments, differential settlements