Road and railway embankments as flood-control dikes

Abstract

When designing roads and railways in the vicinity of river flows, it is a common situation for road embankments to serve as flood-control embankments as well. Such solutions are not the best ones; however, they are often imposed. This paper presents examples of embankments designed in this way, considering both roads and railways. Geostatic calculations of slope stability are performed for the designed solution of a railway embankment. Based on the analyses, some recommendations and guidelines have been given, emphasising the aspects on which particular attention should be paid if there is a necessity to design this type of embankments.