Bio-engineering for land stabilization : executive summary report.

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• Corporate Creators:
  Ohio State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; Ohio. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Slopes
  • Soil mechanics
  • Soil stabilization
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Slopes (Soil mechanics)--Ohio--Stability
  • Soil stabilization--Ohio
  • Bioengineering
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/OH-2010/5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio
• Edition:
  Executive summary report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Soil-bioengineering, or simply ; “bioengineering”, is the use of vegetation for ; slope stabilization. Currently, a large ; number of slopes near Ohio highways are ; experiencing stability problems. These ; failures usually begin as local erosion or ; shallow mass movements on a slope face, ; which become progressively worse with time ; and often eventually threaten the highway. ; At this time, the slope requires a significant ; and costly repair using conventional ; engineering methods, such as slope ; reconstruction or a retaining structure. ; Substantial cost savings would be possible if ; a method were developed to stabilize early ; small failures before they grow into larger ; problems. Such a method would be even ; more attractive if it was beneficial to the ; environment at the same time.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18225/dot_18225_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4ed9f1921613e3f1212ab2d8f9b3e439c46bfb483cbc1472fd17c20fc3609571