Volume Change Characteristics of Undisturbed Fibrous Peat

Modelling with Transparent Soils

“…Similar behavior was reported by Yamaguchi et al (1985) for undisturbed fibrous peat. Similar behavior was reported by Yamaguchi et al (1985) for undisturbed fibrous peat.…”

Geotechnical and geophysical characteristics of muskeg samples from Alberta, Canada

“…In view of the variety of muskeg or organic soils, it is difficult to generalize the results of this study to all types of organic soils. However, it is possible to state that fibrous organic soils seem to display higher anisotropic behavior than do amorphous organic soils (Edil and Wang, 2000;Yamaguchi et al, 1985aYamaguchi et al, , 1985b.…”

“…Natural water content is considered the most useful index property for engineering applications because the high water content is the most representative characteristic of muskeg (Lea and Brawner, 1963;MacFarlane, 1969;Yamaguchi et al, 1985a;Nichol and Farmer, 1998;Cheng et al, 2007). Muskeg exhibits high water content and high initial void ratio, low bulk density, high compressibility and initial permeability, and high friction angle value, although all properties vary with its origin and decomposition state (Adams, 1961;MacFarlane, 1969;Helenelund, 1975;Dhowian and Edil, 1980;Landva, 1980;Tsushima and Oikawa, 1982;Lefebvre et al, 1984;Robinson, 2003;Cola and Cortellazzo, 2005;Gofar and Sutejo, 2007;Mesri and Ajlouni, 2007;Wong et al, 2009;Huat et al, 2011;Kazemian et al, 2011;Badv and Sayadian, 2012).…”

Pre-failure behaviour of reconstituted peats in triaxial compression

“…This explanation suggests that the inconsistency on the v g values may be justified by directional fabric changes. Natural fibrous peats are claimed to exhibit inherent anisotropy related to the initial fibres orientation [25,47]. The tested peat contains small fibres but without clear initial preferential orientation (Fig.…”