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@inproceedings{Zwanenburg:2015,
author = {Zwanenburg, C and Jardine, RJ},
pages = {2455--2460},
title = {The characterisation of operational shear strength for peats through full scale trials combined with laboratory and field testing},
year = {2015}
}
TY - CPAPER
AB - Full scale, heavily-instrumented, field tests were conducted on peat to find operational foundation shear strength parameters for flood protection dikes that run through an area of outstanding beauty. The low submerged unit weights of peats usually lead to very low effective stresses, stiffness and uncertain undrained shear strengths. The loading tests, which were conducted both with and without preloading, provided guidance on these key questions. Shear failures were induced and even modest pre-loading was shown to generate both large vertical strains and significant bearing capacity improvements. The research also provided an opportunity to check and calibrate a range of laboratory and field characterisation techniques, leading to the broad set of conclusions summarised in the paper.
AU - Zwanenburg,C
AU - Jardine,RJ
EP - 2460
PY - 2015///
SP - 2455
TI - The characterisation of operational shear strength for peats through full scale trials combined with laboratory and field testing
ER -