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The paper evaluates the effectiveness of reinforcing a damaged earth structure with making counterfort drains in its slope. The system of counterfort drains changed the soil properties significantly over a long-term use. The evaluation was based on many years of field and laboratory tests and stability analysis. The field tests concerned the observation of N WST probing resistance change, and the laboratory tests concerned the change in soil consistency and water content. The paper presents the results of tests that were conducted over 13 years.

Effectiveness of reinforcing an earth structure with a system of counterfort drains over a long-term use

Department of Geomechanics, Civil Engineering and Geotechnics

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

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The paper evaluates the effectiveness of reinforcing a damaged earth structure with making counterfort drains in its slope. The system of counterfort drains...

Effectiveness of reinforcing an earth structure with a system of counterfort drains over a long-term use

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jan 04, 2019

Page range: 244 - 253

Received: May 25, 2018

Accepted: Nov 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2018-0040

Keywords
counterfort drain, landslide, geotechnical monitoring, slope stability analysis, weight sounding test (WST), soil laboratory tests

© 2018 Sebastian Olesiak, Joanna Hydzik-Wiśniewska, published by Sciendo

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

Effectiveness of reinforcing an earth structure with a system of counterfort drains over a long-term use

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jan 04, 2019

Page range: 244 - 253

Received: May 25, 2018

Accepted: Nov 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2018-0040

Keywordscounterfort drain, landslide, geotechnical monitoring, slope stability analysis, weight sounding test (WST), soil laboratory tests

© 2018 Sebastian Olesiak, Joanna Hydzik-Wiśniewska, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
counterfort drain, landslide, geotechnical monitoring, slope stability analysis, weight sounding test (WST), soil laboratory tests