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Geosynthetically Enhanced Embankments for the Shenzhen River
Along the boundary between the cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in southern China, the 28 km long, meandering Shenzhen River has intermittently caused serious flood damages. In order to reduce the risk of flooding to downtown Shenzhen and northern New Territories of Hong Kong, and to enhance the navigational potential of the river, regulation works were commenced in 1995. These works — including realignment, widening, deepening and embanking 18 km of the river — are scheduled for completion by 2005. On the Hong Kong side, about 10 km of flood protection embankments have been constructed on soft muds of thickness up to 12 m. Basal reinforcement with woven geotextiles was used to enhance the stability of the embankments and vertical prefabricated drains were installed to accelerate the consolidation of the muds. An extensive network of geotechnical instruments was also set up to monitor the performance of the embankments. This paper describes the engineering properties of the soft mud and presents the design and construction of the geosynthetically enhanced embankments. Typical monitoring results are given and the performance of the embankments is discussed.
Geosynthetically Enhanced Embankments for the Shenzhen River
Along the boundary between the cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in southern China, the 28 km long, meandering Shenzhen River has intermittently caused serious flood damages. In order to reduce the risk of flooding to downtown Shenzhen and northern New Territories of Hong Kong, and to enhance the navigational potential of the river, regulation works were commenced in 1995. These works — including realignment, widening, deepening and embanking 18 km of the river — are scheduled for completion by 2005. On the Hong Kong side, about 10 km of flood protection embankments have been constructed on soft muds of thickness up to 12 m. Basal reinforcement with woven geotextiles was used to enhance the stability of the embankments and vertical prefabricated drains were installed to accelerate the consolidation of the muds. An extensive network of geotechnical instruments was also set up to monitor the performance of the embankments. This paper describes the engineering properties of the soft mud and presents the design and construction of the geosynthetically enhanced embankments. Typical monitoring results are given and the performance of the embankments is discussed.
Geosynthetically Enhanced Embankments for the Shenzhen River
Lau, Kenneth W. K. (author) / Cowland, John W. (author)
Geo-Denver 2000 ; 2000 ; Denver, Colorado, United States
2000-07-24
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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