Foam Concrete Backfill for MSE Walls with Poor...
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Distance (m) 236 234 232 230 228 226 224 222 220 218 216 214 212 210 208 206 Elevation (m) -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Lower Clay Upper Clay Granular Backfill Multi-use Path Abutment Foam Concrete Westbound Chief Peguis Trail 236 234 232 230 228 226 224 222 220 218 216 214 212 210 208 206 Pavement H = 4.5 4 1 H = 3.1 Silt 1.73 1.80 1.90 2.00 1.80 1.70 1.80 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Deflection (mm) Applied Load (kN) Reinforcing mats being placed around Bridge Piles. Foam Concrete being placed in the MSE back fill. Foam Concrete being poured in stages along Rothesay Avenue. Completed Abutment – North Side. Fluid Foam Concrete setting in place. Completed Abutment – South Side. Figure 1. North Abutment Drained Conditions After Construction Seismic Figure 2. Rothesay Street Approach Embankment St. 0 + 370 Drained Condition After Construction Seismic Figure 3. Cross section of North Abutment. Figure 6. Rothesay Ave. Wall Section at STA. 0 + 250 Figure 5. Pull-Out destructive Testing on a W7.0 gauge wire mat Figure 4. Construction Photographs Foam Concrete Backfill for MSE Walls with Poor Foundations Chief Peguis Trail Extension, Winnipeg • Derek Essery, P. Eng., Technical Director, Engineered Products, Atlantic Industries Limited (AIL), [email protected]
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Distance (m)
236
234
232
230
228
226
224
222
220
218
216
214
212
210
208
206
Eleva
tion (
m)
-10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Lower Clay
Upper ClayGranular Back�ll
Multi-use Path
AbutmentFoam Concrete
Westbound
Chief Peguis Trail
236
234
232
230
228
226
224
222
220
218
216
214
212
210
208
206
PavementH = 4.5
41 H = 3.1
Silt
1.73
1.80 1.90
2.00
1.80
1.70
1.80
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
160
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0
De�ection (mm)
Appli
ed Lo
ad (k
N)
Reinforcing mats being placed around Bridge Piles.
Foam Concrete being placed in the MSE back fill.
Foam Concrete being poured in stages along Rothesay Avenue.
Completed Abutment – North Side.
Fluid Foam Concrete setting in place.
Completed Abutment – South Side.
Figure 1. North Abutment Drained Conditions After Construction Seismic Figure 2. Rothesay Street Approach Embankment St. 0 + 370 Drained Condition After Construction Seismic Figure 3. Cross section of North Abutment.
Figure 6. Rothesay Ave. Wall Section at STA. 0 + 250Figure 5. Pull-Out destructive Testing on a W7.0 gauge wire mat
Figure 4. Construction Photographs
Foam Concrete Backfill for MSE Walls with Poor FoundationsChief Peguis Trail Extension, Winnipeg • Derek Essery, P. Eng., Technical Director, Engineered Products, Atlantic Industries Limited (AIL), [email protected]
