Citation

Meehan RL. Can. Geotech. J. 1967; 4(3): 358-360.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1967, National Research Council of Canada)

DOI

10.1139/t67-062

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Erosion of irrigation canal embankments during the wet season is a perennial problem in Northeast Thailand. Grass cover is often difficult to establish because, among other reasons, the embankments are convenient pedestrial thoroughfares. Proper compaction of the embankments is an obvious remedy but is seldom applied for lack of suitable compaction equipment.

Maintenance of embankments had become a major problem along the main canal. It occurred to the frustrated field engineers that local unemployed elephants might be recruited at a resonable rate to perform the compaction. Although several opinions were offered on the efficacy of such a means, no record of the performance of elephants as compactors was discovered. Accordingly, it was decided to resolve this question by undertaking a modest field investigation....

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