The doctorate dissertation of Suzanne van Eekelen on basal reinforced piled embankments can be found here: S.J.M. van Eekelen, 2015. Basal Reinforced Piled Embankments, doctorate dissertation TU Delft, ISBN 978-94-6203-826-4 (electronic version) or printed: ISBN 978-94-6203-825-7 (for free, please order here).
A summary of the doctorate dissertation was published here:
The following five papers were published in the journal 'Geotextiles and Geomembranes' and adopted in Van Eekelen's thesis:
- Van Eekelen, S.J.M., Bezuijen, A., van Tol, A.F., 2015. Validation of analytical models for the design of basal reinforced piled embankments. Geotextiles and Geomembranes Volume 43, Issue 1, 56 – 81 (open access).
- Van Eekelen, S.J.M., Bezuijen, A., van Tol, A.F., 2013. An analytical model for arching in piled embankments. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 39: 78 – 102 (open access).
- Van Eekelen, S.J.M., Bezuijen, A., Lodder, H.J., van Tol, A.F., 2012a. Model experiments on piled embankments Part I. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 32: 69 - 81.
- Van Eekelen, S.J.M., Bezuijen, A., Lodder, H.J., van Tol, A.F., 2012b. Model experiments on piled embankments. Part II. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 32: 82 - 94
- Van Eekelen, S.J.M., Bezuijen, A. van Tol, A.F., 2011. Analysis and modification of the British Standard BS8006 for the design of piled embankments. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 29: 345-359.
The Concentric Arches model, as described in the thesis of Van Eekelen, 2015 and Van Eekelen et al., 2013. The picture visualizes the analytical Concentric Arches (CA) model developed for the design of the geosynthetic reinforcement of a piled embankment. The CA model was adopted in the Dutch Design Guideline for basal reinforced piled embankments (CUR226, 2015) which can be downloaded at www.sbrcurnet.nl.
