fibrous peat
Effect of decomposition on the compressibility of fibrous peat
... of peat have not been studied in any great ...of peat and the authors have concluded that this may be because most researchers believe that the natural process occurs extremely slowly and hence would have ...
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Effect of decomposition on physical properties of fibrous peat
... in peat (Pankratov et ...in peat ecosystems inhibit the growth and activity of most microbial populations, which retards the decomposition ...However, peat is not inert, but undergoes a slow but ...
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Compression Behavior of Fibrous Peat Stabilized with Admixtures of Lime CaCO3+Rice Husk Ash and Lime CaCO3+Fly Ash
... were fibrous peat, lime CaCo3, rice husk ash (RHA), and fly ash ...The fibrous peat was taken from Barengbengkel, Palangkaraya, Central ...the peat studied is presented, and its ...
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Geotechnical Challenges in Numerical Modelling of Sarawak Fibrous Peat
... bog peat which is formed under aquatic conditions, Sarawak basin peats have formed largely under terrestrial conditions in low lying poorly drained areas, and not under aquatic conditions (Tie and Esterle ...
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Effect of salt grain additions on fibrous peat consolidation
... high, fibrous peat undergoes dramatic reductions in permeability under compression, with secondary compression (creep) accounting for a large proportion of the settlement under ...for fibrous/hemic ...
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Effects of decomposition on the compressibility of fibrous peat A review
... of peat is quite distinct from other soils since its response is greatly influenced by the size, shape, fabric and arrangement of the constituent fibres (Mesri and Ajlouni, 2007; Wong et ...results. Peat is ...
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Compressibilty characteristics of fibrous peat soil
... examined fibrous peat from different parts of the world and their findings are quite different from one and another due to different content of peat ...of peat soils such as natural water ...
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The one dimensional compression of fibrous peat and other organic soils
... where e is the linear or Cauchy strain, o’,, is the effective stress at zero strain on the EVP model’s Reference Time Line RTL, dv is the slope of lines of constant creep strata rate, qJ[r] ...
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Determination of coefficient of rate of horizontal consolidation of peat soil
... The peat is further classified based on fiber content because the presence of fiber alters the consolidation process of fibrous peat from that of organic soil or amorphous ...Amorphous peat is ...
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Revitalization of organic and peat soils
... Most peat classifications focus the fiber content together with the Von Post ...categories: fibrous, hemic and amorphous peat (Table 2.3). Fibrous peat is a mixture of fragmented ...
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Geotechnical Characteristics of Peat
... Figure 3 shows the results for the shear strength with different types of peat using simple shear tests. The results showed that the cohesion value, c is very low in the range, 2kPa to 8kPa, while the friction ...
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Shear strength improvement of peat soil due to consolidation
... on peat is the most critical problem due to low undrained shear strength of peat in normally consolidated state and hence low bearing capacity of foundation ...of fibrous peat due to ...
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Stimulated decomposition in peat for engineering applications
... of fibrous peat deposits in advance of the main construction works may reduce secondary compression settlement, which often exceeds primary consolidation settlement in peat, thereby poten- tially ...
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Relationship between decomposition level and induced solidification of peat based on laboratory investigation
... and fibrous peat is 93, 69 and 50 m 2 /g, ...of peat increases, a greater surface area is available (sapric peat) for reaction when considered on a unit mass or volume ...
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A review of techniques for monitoring the success of peatland restoration
... or peat-dwelling invertebrates can be collected in peat monoliths or cores and the invertebrates extracted in the lab from dry or wet ...and peat by techniques described in more detail in Coleman et ...
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Soil archives of a Fluvisol: subsurface analysis and soil history of the medieval city centre of Vlaardingen, the Netherlands – an integral approach
... a peat-growing environment, lo- cally first alternating with silty clay of estuarine deposits (Echteld Formation), then alternating with shallow marine deposits of the Wormer Layer of the Naaldwijk Formation (clay ...
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Strength Evaluations for Treated peat with Cement and Polypropylene Fibres using CBR Tests
... - Peat or organic soils are those types of soils that contain a significant amount of organic material derived from plants or ...Although peat deposits create obvious topographic features such as swamp and ...
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Impact of long term drainage on summer groundwater flow patterns in the Mer Bleue peatland, Ontario, Canada
... seven peat layers and one marine clay layer (aquitard). For the uppermost peat layer a thickness of ∼ ...shallowest peat layer was chosen to coincide with piezometer depth, therefore rang- ing from ∼ ...
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Vacuum Consolidation in Peat
... PRINCIPLES OF VACUUM CONSOLIDATION • Vacuum consolidation is a construction method used to accelerate ground settlement by reducing the air pressure at the ground surface.. • Normally at[r] ...
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Relationships between humification and productivity in peat based and peat free growing media
... content of the green waste compost. The highest humus stability (Q) and humus stability coefficient (K) values (Q = 4.4–7.1, K = 0.099–0.161) were found for compost (Table 1). According to Hargitai (1989) the high Q ...
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