ROAD EARTHWORKS ON COMPRESSIBLE SOIL

THIS MONOGRAPH DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING ROADS ON PEAT, MUD, ORGANIC SILT AND NON-CONSOLIDATED SATURATED CLAY. USING RESULTS OF THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS AND OF STUDIES CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE AUTHORS PROPOSE RECOMMENDATIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF EARTHWORKS: GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE SUBGRADE AND OF THE EMBANKMENT, SELECTION OF THE TYPE OF PAVEMENT, CALCULATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS.