Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
Landslide activity along U.S. 50 in Cincinnati, Ohio has caused roadway damage for decades. After a necessary closure of 3 lanes due to slope movements, emergency stabilization measures were undertaken to protect the roadway by providing a “pseudo” short-term solution (target 3 to 5 years) necessitated by ODOT budget constraints. The landslide shear plane was near the top of a sloping bedrock surface as much as 50 feet below grade. “Stub Piers” were installed 40 feet downslope of the roadway shoulder. The shafts were heavily reinforced across the deep shear plane but steel reinforcing did not extend the full length of the shafts and was stopped well short of the ground surface. The goal was to provide shear resistance across the failure plane, forcing the theoretical failure surface higher into the overburden soil profile, resulting in a comparatively higher safety factor against slope failure. These “Stub Piers” were installed and found to meet all of the project goals. The stub piers and surrounding ground were instrumented and analyses of collected data to date showed earth pressures and horizontal deflections were over-predicted in the original design. Instrumentation by means of inclinometers, vibrating wire earth pressure cells, and strain gages has been monitored over a period of several years since construction of the Stub Piers and results indicate this option offers an attractive alternative to conventional drilled piers or tiedback drilled pier solutions.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 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
Srinivasan, Swaminathan and Schroeder, Jess A., "Landslide Stabilization Along The Ohio River Using Cantilevered Stub Piers" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 54.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session03/54
Landslide Stabilization Along The Ohio River Using Cantilevered Stub Piers
Chicago, Illinois
Landslide activity along U.S. 50 in Cincinnati, Ohio has caused roadway damage for decades. After a necessary closure of 3 lanes due to slope movements, emergency stabilization measures were undertaken to protect the roadway by providing a “pseudo” short-term solution (target 3 to 5 years) necessitated by ODOT budget constraints. The landslide shear plane was near the top of a sloping bedrock surface as much as 50 feet below grade. “Stub Piers” were installed 40 feet downslope of the roadway shoulder. The shafts were heavily reinforced across the deep shear plane but steel reinforcing did not extend the full length of the shafts and was stopped well short of the ground surface. The goal was to provide shear resistance across the failure plane, forcing the theoretical failure surface higher into the overburden soil profile, resulting in a comparatively higher safety factor against slope failure. These “Stub Piers” were installed and found to meet all of the project goals. The stub piers and surrounding ground were instrumented and analyses of collected data to date showed earth pressures and horizontal deflections were over-predicted in the original design. Instrumentation by means of inclinometers, vibrating wire earth pressure cells, and strain gages has been monitored over a period of several years since construction of the Stub Piers and results indicate this option offers an attractive alternative to conventional drilled piers or tiedback drilled pier solutions.
