The breakdown of peat due to the passage of vehicles is an important consideration for transportation across Northern Canada. It is shown that peat has a structure which can sustain loading, but once the threshold load is reached, rapid deterioration occurs. The stress-deformation patterns produced in the peat by vehicle loading, both by tracked and wheeled vehicles, are discussed so that the mechanism which causes deterioration of the peat can be explained. Suggestions are made for modifications to vehicle design and operating conditions. (Author)


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    Title :

    Stress Distribution in Organic Soils under Traffic Loading


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    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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