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Apr 26, 2012
Load-Deformation Performance of Peat Soil Under Large Concrete Plates
Author: Mark VakherAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Geotechnical Measurements: Lab and Field
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This paper presents the results of a series of investigations performed with peat soils to determine the modulus of deformation, E, and the modulus of subgrade reaction, K, using an elastic foundation model. The experiments were performed both in situ and under laboratory conditions using concrete plates placed over peat. Experiments were carried out under both static and dynamic loads. Based on the results of the investigation, empirical equations for the modulus of subgrade reaction for sustained and resilient deformation are proposed and related to peat soil properties.
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Geotechnical Measurements: Lab and Field
Pages: 44 - 55
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© 2000 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Concrete
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Infrastructure
- Materials engineering
- Organic chemicals
- Organic compounds
- Organic matter
- Pavements
- Plates
- Soil deformation
- Soil mechanics
- Soil modulus
- Soil properties
- Soils (by type)
- Solid mechanics
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Structural members
- Structural systems
- Subgrade soils
- Subgrades
- Transportation engineering
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Mark Vakher
Technician, Haley & Aldrich, Inc., 465 Medford Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA 02129-1400.
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