Embankments, as one of the oldest geostructures, are used in wide range of civil engineering applications including road and railway embankments in transportation, dykes and levees for flood control, embankment dams for impounding water in reservoirs, and tailing embankments for mine waste management. Depending on their application, embankments are employed to prevent flow of water (seepage) in reservoirs, provide shear resistance against slope failure, and minimize differential settlement in road and railway construction.\u00a0 Failure of slopes and embankments can result in loss of life, destruction, economic losses, and environmental damages.<\/p>\n
The design and construction of embankments require a proper understanding of geotechnical behavior of supporting ground materials to carry the overburden embankment loads, suitable construction materials for the embankment, and the long-term post-construction stability.<\/p>\n
This course will provide detailed information on design and construction of earth embankments. This will include proper site investigation for embankment sites, evaluation of potential construction materials, soil sampling and testing, estimating flow of water in soil (seepage), and stability analyses (settlement, bearing capacity, and slope stability). The course will show how to conduct site investigation for embankment projects (drilling, sampling, lab testing, and in-situ field tests) and will review background geotechnical knowledge required for design and construction of embankments. It will also show how to choose suitable ground materials for constructing various embankments, optimum water for mixing with the soil and compaction of the soil in the filed.<\/p>\n
Seepage analysis is an important part of embankment design, and the course will show how to conduct 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional calculation of flow of water through the soil and embankment using simple hand calculations and computer programs (SEEP\/W). Stability analysis of the embankments will also be crucial in defining proper shape and slopes of the embankment and it will be done through slope stability analyses (both hand calculation and use of software SLOPE\/W).<\/p>\n
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