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Emeritus ProfessorJohnBurland

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Senior Research Investigator
 
 
 
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416Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Lo:2018:10.1680/jfoen.17.00018,
author = {Lo, D and Cunningham, J and Burland, J},
doi = {10.1680/jfoen.17.00018},
journal = {Proceedings of the ICE - Forensic Engineering},
pages = {127--136},
title = {Investigation of Distress of a Reinforced Earth Wall in Hong Kong},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jfoen.17.00018},
volume = {171},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - During an intense rainstorm on 22 May 2013, severe distress occurred at a reinforced earth wall in Hong Kong. The wall was under construction and nearing completion at the time of the incident. The distress involved the dislodgement of 78 facing panels, a total soil loss of about 1300 m3 and a disturbed groundmass of some 5500 m3. The distress occurred at three localised areas along the wall, with the formation of a sinkhole within the backfilled soil mass, referred to as the backyard of the wall. The incident resulted in significant soil deposition within the surface drainage system, flooding and debris overspill onto the road carriageway below, and it caused havoc to the local community. Subsequent to the incident, a detailed investigation was conducted to establish the probable causes and mechanism of the incident. This paper highlights some salient points of the investigation, the key findings and the lessons learnt from the incident
AU  - Lo,D
AU  - Cunningham,J
AU  - Burland,J
DO  - 10.1680/jfoen.17.00018
EP  - 136
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 2043-9911
SP  - 127
TI  - Investigation of Distress of a Reinforced Earth Wall in Hong Kong
T2  - Proceedings of the ICE - Forensic Engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jfoen.17.00018
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000458432100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/87848
VL  - 171
ER  -
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