Evaluation of effect of basal geotextile reinforcement under embankmentn loading on soft marine deposits

摘要

This paper presents a case history on the performance of a coastal embankment reinforced by a layer of geotextile at the bottom of the embankment on soft marine deposits. The coastal embankment is the sea wall of the Qinshan nuclear power station on the northern side of Hangzhou bay near Shanghai, China. Monitoring of settlement and excess pore water pressure were carried out during and after embankment construction. The finite element method (FEM) was used to analyse the performance of the geot