- The May 25th 2011 Railroad Embankment Failure in Ann Arbor, Michigan, As a Means for Teaching Geotechnical Engineer
- Dimitrios Zekkos ; Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos ; Athena Grizi ; William Greenwood
- Book Title / Journal: International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories
- Year: 2016 , Volume: 3
- Slope Stability Analysis ; Site Characterization & In-situ Testing (General) ; Seepage ; Railway Geotechnics
- Keywords: Education ; Embankment ; stability ; Seepage ; railroad ; site characterization
- Abstract
A 30-m long railroad embankment failure that occurred on May 25 2011 in the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is presented. Emphasis is given on the field observations of the failure, the characterization of the site conditions and the seepage and slope stability analyses, all of which represent important components of the training and practice of a geotechnical engineer. The failure occurred following a record wet season that resulted in ponding water against the embankment and high enough water pressures and exit gradients that resulted in instability of the railroad embankment. Detailed background material and the methodology for using the case history in geotechnical engineering education are presented. PDF |
- Effect of Rail Track Ballast Degradation on Shear Strength
- G. Dissanayake ; L.C. Kurukulasuriya ; P.B.R. Dissanayake
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Railway Geotechnics
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- Performance of Rail Ballast Stabilized with Resilient Rubber Pads Under Cyclic and Impact Loading
- S.K. Navaratnarajah ; B. Indraratna ; S. Nimbalkar
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Railway Geotechnics ; Stabilization ; Laboratory Testing
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- Effect of Plastic Fines on Drainage Capacity of Ballasted Rail Track
- N. Tennakoon ; B. Indraratna ; S. Nimbalkar
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Railway Geotechnics
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- Micropile Foundation Systems for Railway Bridge Structures
- K Sahabandu ; J.S.M. Fowze
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Pile Foundations ; Railway Geotechnics
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- Back Analysis to Estimate Resilient Modulus of Soft Clay
- T Muttuvel ; N Sasiharan
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Railway Geotechnics ; Finite Element / Finite Difference
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- Ground Improvement for enhancing the Performance of Road, Rail, and Port Infrastructure
- B Indraratna ; C. Rujikiatkamjorn ; S. Nimbalkar ; R. Zhong ; G.W. McIntosh
- ICGE Colombo 2015
- Year: 2015
- Ground Improvement ; Transportation Geotechnics ; Ground Improvement ; Transportation Geotechnics ; Railway Geotechnics ; Ports
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- Shield tunneling analysis and measures under elevated high-speed railway
- G. Quanmei ; S. Yao ; Y. Xiaoming ; Z. Shunhua
- IS SEOUL '14
- Year: 2014
- Tunneling ; Railway Geotechnics
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- Development of a non-linear ballasted railway track model
- F. Lopez-Caballero ; S. Costa d’Aguiar ; V. Alves-Fernandes
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics ; Numerical & Constitutive Modeling
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- Railways platforms reinforced by soil-mixing columns without track removing
- J.-F. Mosser ; C. Cojean ; L. Briançon ; S. Costa d’Aguiar ; A. Robinet ; N. Calon
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics ; Ground Improvement
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- Performance Assessment of Synthetic Shock Mats and Grids in the Improvement of Ballasted Tracks
- D. Christie ; T. Neville ; C. Rujikiatkamjorn ; S. Nimbalkar ; B. Indraratna
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics ; Geosynthetics for Reinforcement ; Laboratory Testing ; Instrumentation
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- Stability improvement methods for soft clays in a railway environment
- T. Länsivaara ; J. Mansikkamäki
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics
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- Effect of wetting- drying cycles on CBR values of silty subgrade soil of Karaj railway
- Y. Daghigh ; B.P. Lahiji ; R.Z. Moayed
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics
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- On the Permanent Deformation Behavior of Rail Road Pond Ash Subgrade
- S. Chandra ; B. Mohanty
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics
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- High speed railways earthworks maintenance
- J.-B. Néel ; C. Girier-Bichon ; V. Talfumière
- Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, September 2-6 2013
- Year: 2013
- Railway Geotechnics
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