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Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania
  Dynamic compaction is a widely used ground improvement method applicable to a variety of soils including collapsible loess. The paper presents site characterization and ground improvement performance results obtained from a 22 kilometer motorway project in Constanta, Romania. High energy dynamic compaction was utilized to treat 240.000 square meters of ground to depths ranging from 6 to 8
meters in order to reduce settlements and mitigate collapse potential. The field results are compared to the results of a finite difference numerical model, developed to simulate the dynamic compaction.

  • Date:

    17 September 2015

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol.3.217

  • Library of Congress:

    TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    620 Engineering and allied operations

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Tsitsas, G., Dimitriadi, V., Zekkos, D., Dumitru, M., Ciortan, R., & Manea, S. (2015). Dynamic compaction of collapsible soils – case study from a motorway project in Romania. In Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678.vol.3.217

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