TY - GEN
T1 - Rampart roads in the peat lands of Ireland
T2 - Genesis, development and current performance
AU - Osorio, J. P.
AU - Farrell, E. R.
AU - O'Kelly, B. C.
AU - Casey, T.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The construction and improvement of roads on peat lands has always been a challenging task in geotechnical engineering. Rampart roads, which are a particular feature of the bog roads in Ireland, are caused by the excavation of peat from the roadsides over many years for use as a domestic fuel. The historical development of rampart roads and current performance under the added traffic loading is discussed. Various road improvement methods have been applied to improve the road ability to carry traffic and the technical aspects and performance of the methods are discussed. In particular, the performance of the improvement methods is related to the geotechnical properties of the underlying bog foundation.
AB - The construction and improvement of roads on peat lands has always been a challenging task in geotechnical engineering. Rampart roads, which are a particular feature of the bog roads in Ireland, are caused by the excavation of peat from the roadsides over many years for use as a domestic fuel. The historical development of rampart roads and current performance under the added traffic loading is discussed. Various road improvement methods have been applied to improve the road ability to carry traffic and the technical aspects and performance of the methods are discussed. In particular, the performance of the improvement methods is related to the geotechnical properties of the underlying bog foundation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77649108560
SN - 9780415475907
T3 - Advances in Transportation Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
SP - 227
EP - 233
BT - Advances in Transportation Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
PB - CRC Press
ER -