Abstract
Levees in the Netherlands have traditionally been constructed from soil. Climate change and land subsidence require heightening and/or reinforcing these existing levees. Traditional reinforcements demand additional space, which in some cases conflicts with existing buildings. Applying sheet pile walls in levees allows for strengthening while minimizing needed footprint. However, a validated design approach that complies with relevant regulations lacked. To enable validation, a full-scale field test programme has been performed near the town of Eemdijk (The Netherlands). This has resulted in better insight in the soil-structure interaction of the structurally reinforced levee, on soft soil, loaded by high water and uplift conditions. This paper describes the rationale behind the test setup and operation of the test programme in relation to the current design codes and guidelines. First the set of knowledge questions to be resolved is considered. These questions gave direction to the type of failure tests, the required instrumentation and the impact of conclusions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the XVII ECSMGE-2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | Geotechnical Engineering foundation of the future |
Editors | Haraldur Sigursteinsson, Sigurour Erlingsson, Sigurour 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 |
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
- sheet pile wall
- levee reinforcement
- full-scale test
- validation
- Eemdijkproef
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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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