Publisher: Newark, DE: Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
Date Issued: 1953
Abstract: This report discusses the occurrence of ground water in relation to certain
problems in highway construction and maintenance. These problems are: the
subdrainage of roads; quicksand; the arrest of soil creep in road cuts; the construction
of lower and larger culverts necessitated by the farm-drainage program;
the prevention of failure of bridge abutments and retaining walls; and the watercement
ratio of sub-water-table concrete. Although the highway problems and
suggested solutions are of general interest, they are considered with special reference
to the State of Delaware, in relation to the geology of that State.
The new technique of soil stabilization by electroosmosis is reviewed in the
hope that it might find application here in road work and pile setting. Field
application by the Germans and Russians is reviewed.
