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Field Loading Tests on Muskeg

G. W. Hollingshead / G. P. Raymond

Results of tests performed using a 6-ft diameter flexible based tank capable of being filled with water are presented. Two series of tests were performed on a muskeg. The first consisted of filling the tank alone and the second with the tank positioned at the center of a 15-ft diameter 2 ft high flexible based reservoir. The results thus simulate the comparison of the effect of berms on the stability of embankments. The resulting vertical movements were measured using a torpedo settlement gauge. The horizontal movements were measured using an inclinometer as well as a horizontal movement device. The pore pressures were measured using fine stoned piezometers. In addition suitable laboratory tests were conducted to compare predicted and measured results. (Author Modified Abstract)

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Field Loading Tests on Muskeg

G. W. Hollingshead / G. P. Raymond

Results of tests performed using a 6-ft diameter flexible based tank capable of being filled with water are presented. Two series of tests were performed on a muskeg. The first consisted of filling the tank alone and the second with the tank positioned at the center of a 15-ft diameter 2 ft high flexible based reservoir. The results thus simulate the comparison of the effect of berms on the stability of embankments. The resulting vertical movements were measured using a torpedo settlement gauge. The horizontal movements were measured using an inclinometer as well as a horizontal movement device. The pore pressures were measured using fine stoned piezometers. In addition suitable laboratory tests were conducted to compare predicted and measured results. (Author Modified Abstract)

Field Loading Tests on Muskeg

G. W. Hollingshead / G. P. Raymond

Results of tests performed using a 6-ft diameter flexible based tank capable of being filled with water are presented. Two series of tests were performed on a muskeg. The first consisted of filling the tank alone and the second with the tank positioned at the center of a 15-ft diameter 2 ft high flexible based reservoir. The results thus simulate the comparison of the effect of berms on the stability of embankments. The resulting vertical movements were measured using a torpedo settlement gauge. The horizontal movements were measured using an inclinometer as well as a horizontal movement device. The pore pressures were measured using fine stoned piezometers. In addition suitable laboratory tests were conducted to compare predicted and measured results. (Author Modified Abstract)

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Title:

Field Loading Tests on Muskeg

Contributors:

G. W. Hollingshead (author) / G. P. Raymond (author)

Publication date:

1972

Size:

13 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Soil & Rock Mechanics , Civil Engineering , Soil mechanics , Ontario , Foundations(Structures) , Stabilization , Soils , Organic materials , Test methods , Test equipment , Deformation , Loading(Mechanics) , Pressure , Canada , Reprints , Muskeg , Subgrades , Berms , Embankments

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