This paper reviews the techniques used and some recent developments on in situ testing of
peat for the purposes of the design and surveillance of engineering structures. Geophysical …

Design parameters from in situ tests in soft ground – recent developments Page 1
Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization – Huang & Mayne (eds) © 2008 Taylor & …

Peat and organic soils cover about 6% of the landmass of Great Britain and Ireland as a
whole, with Ireland and Scotland having percentages of 17% and 10%; extensive deposits …

Offshore developments for hydrocarbon resources have now progressed to water depths
approaching 3000 m, with geotechnical design increasingly focused on soft sediments in the …

The increasing use of full-flow penetrometers for estimating the undrained and remolded
shear strength as well as soil sensitivity of soft sediments by both industry and researchers …

Recent peat slope failures in Ireland in the autumn of 2003 at Pollatomish, County Mayo and
Derrybrien, County Galway have focused attention on such events. However, slope failures …

Full-flow penetrometers have been shown to overcome problems experienced with the cone
penetrometer when measuring resistance in very soft peat and organic soil, and give a much …

Piezoballs, which are full-flow ball penetrometers incorporating pore pressure
measurements, are an attractive soft soil characterisation tool as they allow measurement of …

It has been reported in the literature that net cone penetration resistance is normally higher
than the penetration resistance measured using full-flow cylindrical (T-bar) or spherical (ball) …

This paper presents the results of extensive full-flow penetrometer testing conducted at the
Bothkennar soft clay research site. The results of in situ penetration tests are compared to …