Abstract: Two test sections along a newly constructed road embankment on peat foundations were instrumented to investigate their performance and to develop more economical means of construction method. The peat deposit in the study ...

Abstract: Smear effects due to the installation of prefabricated vertical drains were studied in the laboratory using special equipment and in the field using a full‐scale test embankment. The prefabricated vertical drains were ...

Abstract: Deformation, strength, and flow parameters were determined by inverse analyses on geotechnical data obtained from two full‐scale test embankments constructed on improved soft Bangkok clay. One site was improved with ...

Abstract: This paper reports on a case study of degrading permafrost beneath a road embankment in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Field measurements of ground temperatures for a three-year monitoring period have been used in calibrating ...

Abstract: There is limited understanding of how frozen fill compacted below freezing air temperatures affects the performance of highway embankments in the Arctic. Fill material needed to construct embankments is typically obtained ...

Abstract: Both laboratory and field pullout tests are conducted using steel grid reinforcements with cohesive‐frictional backfill soils. The laboratory pullout tests are performed using a large‐scale pullout apparatus designed ...