A STUDY ON SLOPE STABILIZING METHOD WITH GEOCELLS IN SNOWY COLD REGIONS

Abstract

In snowy cold region, many failures of slope occur in beginning of spring. In generally, slope protection works called gabion baskets are widely used against this problem. However, most of them deform or collapse after many years from construction. In this study, we constructed the slope of full scale embankments applied a new slope stabilizing method using geocells with flexibility. On the basis of the freezing and thawing behavior as well as the water level in the embankment, we investigated the various specifications of this method such as the size of geocell and geomaterials in geocell.