Date
02 Jun 1988, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Abstract
In the area of "AKTEA", a summer-housing estate 36 Km away from the city of Athens, a great landslide affected the stability of a semi-bridge, constructed in 1980 for the widening of the nearby national road. Preliminary studies carried out before the semi-bridge construction and after the observed damage of most of the houses in the uphill area, favoured the existence of a very superficial creep affecting however the one or two storey buildings of the summer-housing estate. After the semi-bridge construction, instability phenomena continued in an increasing rate and a more systematic geotechnical investigation revealed definite landslide movements (instead of a superficial creep) in a depth 2.5 to 4.0 metres below the foundation level of the piers of the semi-bridge and in a depth 6-8 m below the road level. This paper describes details of the above landslide, the investigations carried out and the remedial measures suggested.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 University of Missouri--Rolla, 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
Christoulas, St.; Gassios, E.; Kalteziotis, N.; and Tsiambaos, G., "Slope Stability Problems Related to a Semi-Bridge Construction" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 47.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/2icchge-session3/47
Slope Stability Problems Related to a Semi-Bridge Construction
In the area of "AKTEA", a summer-housing estate 36 Km away from the city of Athens, a great landslide affected the stability of a semi-bridge, constructed in 1980 for the widening of the nearby national road. Preliminary studies carried out before the semi-bridge construction and after the observed damage of most of the houses in the uphill area, favoured the existence of a very superficial creep affecting however the one or two storey buildings of the summer-housing estate. After the semi-bridge construction, instability phenomena continued in an increasing rate and a more systematic geotechnical investigation revealed definite landslide movements (instead of a superficial creep) in a depth 2.5 to 4.0 metres below the foundation level of the piers of the semi-bridge and in a depth 6-8 m below the road level. This paper describes details of the above landslide, the investigations carried out and the remedial measures suggested.
