Abstract—This paper presents a numerical study for investigating the effectiveness of geocell reinforcement in reducing pressure and settlement over EPS geofoam blocks in road embankments. A 3-D FEM model of soil and geofoam was created in ABAQUS, and geocell was also modeled realistically using membrane elements. The accuracy of the model was tested by comparing its results with previous works...

Automated monitoring of structures and steep embankments allows early detection of instability and can be used to avoid or mitigate possible failures. Systems that use multiple and different types of sensors have been developed and successfully tested at the Diamond Valley Lake reservoir in California and the Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia. These systems use robotic total stati...

Prospects of application roller compacted concrete in hydro schemes Ukraine are considered. The number dams erected with is growing year after the world. Roller an especially dry mixture decreased content cement and increased pozzolana (fly ash). broad physico-mechanical peculiarities depend not only on its composition but also technology laying compacting dam. Rapid construction gravity use eq...

This article provides a comparative knowledge of predicted and measured settlements road embankments with prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs). The emphasis this study was to investigate back-analyse the ratio horizontal permeability in an undisturbed area smeared zone, which affects behaviour drains. Two models PVDs soft ground were developed by utilising plane strain 2D numerical approach bas...