Monitoring of a timber pile-supported road embankment

• Main Authors: Gunnvard, Per, Garcia, Nelson, Mattsson, Hans, Laue, Jan, Jia, Qi
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi 2022
• Subjects: Piled embankment; timber piles; monitoring; soft soil; geosynthetic reinforcement; arching; Geophysical Engineering; Geofysisk teknik; Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Grunden; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-92080; https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003222897-31

Timber piling allows for a solution with lower carbon footprint than concrete or steel piling, yet there exist few well-documented cases of modern timber piled embankments. In this paper, field measurements on a geosynthetic-reinforced timber pile-supported road embankment are reported and evaluated...