Native Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls

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dc.contributorVirginia Transportation Research Councilen
dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorDove, Joseph E.en
dc.contributor.authorJesse N. Dardenen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2013-11-21en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T18:30:19Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-19T18:30:19Zen
dc.date.issued2005-04-01en
dc.description.abstractMechanically stabilized earth walls are an attractive alternative to conventional reinforced concrete retaining walls. The economy of these walls for non-critical applications might be improved by using alternative backfills consisting of on-site soils or quarried materials for the reinforced zone. The results of this study indicate that use of alternative backfill soils is feasible for non-critical wall applications. Soils for use with metallic reinforcement should be well graded with a maximum size of 3 inches and have less than 20 percent fines with a plasticity index less than 6. Backfill for polymer-reinforced walls should be well graded with a maximum size of 3/4 inch and less than 30 percent fines with a plasticity index less than 9. Use of wall systems such as geosynthetic reinforced modular block walls should be considered when using alternative backfills. The primary benefit of using alternative soils is in material procurement. Additional costs might be incurred for quality control testing and material placement; however there is presently insufficient data to provide quantitative estimates of these costs.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Department of Transportation 71369en
dc.format.extent51 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationJoseph E. Dove, Ph.D., P.E., and Jesse N. Darden. "Native Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls," Virginia Transportation Research Council 530 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903, Report No. VTRC 05-CR12, April 2005.en
dc.identifier.govdocVTRC 05-CR12en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46694en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/05-cr12.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Researchen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMechanically stabilized earth wallen
dc.subjectMSEWen
dc.subjectBackfillen
dc.subjectNative backfill materialen
dc.titleNative Backfill Materials for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wallsen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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