Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Abstract
This paper introduces a slope movement and related railway track movement at Sebastopol, South Wales, UK. The monitoring results including slope movements and groundwater levels are summarised and presented. The slope at Sebastopol has a long history of instability. Because of continued gradual movement of the railway line and accelerated movement in 2004, a series of small diameter ‘Grundomat’ micro-piles were installed alongside the track early in 2005 to increase the shear resistance of the underlying soil and to reduce the rate of slope movement to a small but manageable amount. The slope movements have been continuously monitored since the piles were installed whilst the slope above the railway has continued creeping down-slope. In early 2007, the slope movement was accelerating and the railway itself was again involved in movements of about 20 mm per week. Given the increased movement of the bank it was considered likely that the Grundomat piles were either rotating or failing in bending. To gain further temporary stability, additional Grundomat piles were installed. Back-analyses of slope stability with and without the piles were carried out.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Weltman, Austin and Yuan, Xun, "Evaluation and Stabilisation of an Embankment at Sebastopol, South Wales, UK" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 19.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session02/19
Evaluation and Stabilisation of an Embankment at Sebastopol, South Wales, UK
Arlington, Virginia
This paper introduces a slope movement and related railway track movement at Sebastopol, South Wales, UK. The monitoring results including slope movements and groundwater levels are summarised and presented. The slope at Sebastopol has a long history of instability. Because of continued gradual movement of the railway line and accelerated movement in 2004, a series of small diameter ‘Grundomat’ micro-piles were installed alongside the track early in 2005 to increase the shear resistance of the underlying soil and to reduce the rate of slope movement to a small but manageable amount. The slope movements have been continuously monitored since the piles were installed whilst the slope above the railway has continued creeping down-slope. In early 2007, the slope movement was accelerating and the railway itself was again involved in movements of about 20 mm per week. Given the increased movement of the bank it was considered likely that the Grundomat piles were either rotating or failing in bending. To gain further temporary stability, additional Grundomat piles were installed. Back-analyses of slope stability with and without the piles were carried out.
