Abstract
Dikes in the Netherlands have traditionally been constructed with soil. Climate change and subsidence requires heightening and or reinforcing these existing dikes. Traditional reinforcements demand additional space, which in some cases conflicts with existing buildings. Applying sheet pile walls in dikes allows for strengthening while minimizing the increase in footprint. However, a validated design approach that complies with relevant regulations lacks. To enable the validation of a proposed design approach, a full-scale field test programme (Eemdijkproef) was performed near the town of Eemdijk, The Netherlands. It consisted of a step wise approach: 1) sheet pile pullover tests, 2) ground dike stability test, 3) sheet pile dike stability test. All tests were loaded until failure occurred. The two similar test dikes were constructed at full scale (5m high, 25m wide, 60m long). In one dike an 18m long sheet pile wall was installed. This paper presents the test setup, monitoring, measurements and first findings. The test program provides better insight in the soil-structure interaction of the reinforced dike, on soft soil, under high water and uplift conditions. Ultimately this will lead to a validated design approach for sheet pile walls in dikes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ECSMGE 2019 - Proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | Geotechnical Engineering foundation of the future |
Editors | Haraldur Sigursteinsson, Sigurður Erlingsson, Bjarni Bessason |
Publisher | Icelandic Geotechnical Society (IGS) |
Pages | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789935943613 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-9935-9436-1-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | The XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering, foundation of the future - Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 1 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019 https://www.ecsmge-2019.com/# |
Conference
Conference | The XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering |
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Abbreviated title | ECSMGE |
Country/Territory | Iceland |
City | Reykjavik |
Period | 1/09/19 → 6/09/19 |
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Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- Dike
- Full-scale failure test
- Levee
- Monitoring instrumentation
- Sheet pile
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Eemdijk full-scale test on dike reinforced by sheet pile
Lengkeek, H. J. (Creator) & Breedeveld, J. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 7 Mar 2022
DOI: 10.4121/19213890
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