Analysis of the railway heave induced by soil swelling at a site in southern France

Engineering Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 68-77

  Tang, Anh Minh ^a   Cui, Yu Jun ^a   Trinh, Viet Nam ^a   Szerman, Yahel ^b   Marchadier, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Excavation; Expansive marl; Field monitoring; Oedometer test; Railway heave; Swell potential

Indexed keywords

EXPANSIVE MARL; FIELD MONITORING; OEDOMETER TEST; RAILWAY HEAVE; SWELL POTENTIAL;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); EXCAVATION; FERTILIZERS; SOILS; SWELLING; UNLOADING;

RAILROADS;

EXCAVATION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAVE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOADING; MARL; MONITORING; OEDOMETER TEST; OVERBURDEN; SOIL TEST; STRESS; SWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349162557     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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