Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 2:15pm - 4:00pm
Abstract
Concrete blocks were used in a temporary storage facility to support replacement steam generators for a nuclear power plant. From the subsurface investigation, it was found that direct ground support of these concrete blocks was not feasible. In order to avoid the use of piles and associated concrete pile cap, which would be costly and take longer to build, a geogrid-reinforced soil mat foundation was adopted. The concrete blocks were put on a steel plate, which in turn rested on the geogrid-reinforced soil mat. Upon completion of the geogrid-reinforced structural fill mat, the replacement steam generators were moved into the temporary storage facility. Settlement monitoring of the concrete blocks proceeded for more than five months and disclosed settlements that were larger than those calculated. However, the measured settlements were still relatively small and the geogrid-reinforced soil mat foundation performed satisfactorily.
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
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Clemente, José L. M.; Liao, Tianfei; and Nixon, Thomas, "Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Mat for Temporary Support of Heavy Equipment" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session07/22
Geogrid-Reinforced Soil Mat for Temporary Support of Heavy Equipment
Arlington, Virginia
Concrete blocks were used in a temporary storage facility to support replacement steam generators for a nuclear power plant. From the subsurface investigation, it was found that direct ground support of these concrete blocks was not feasible. In order to avoid the use of piles and associated concrete pile cap, which would be costly and take longer to build, a geogrid-reinforced soil mat foundation was adopted. The concrete blocks were put on a steel plate, which in turn rested on the geogrid-reinforced soil mat. Upon completion of the geogrid-reinforced structural fill mat, the replacement steam generators were moved into the temporary storage facility. Settlement monitoring of the concrete blocks proceeded for more than five months and disclosed settlements that were larger than those calculated. However, the measured settlements were still relatively small and the geogrid-reinforced soil mat foundation performed satisfactorily.
