TU Delft Large Scale Geotechnical Physical Modelling Facility (Liquefaction Tank)
TU Delft, Delft / The Netherlands
Scope
Liquefaction Tank consists of an instrumented inclinable container to investigate the susceptibility of loose sand seabed to flow slides triggered by sudden changes in the water level, fast sedimentation, scouring, or shock loads. The facility assures an ample range of applications ranging from offshore geotechnical engineering (e.g. submarine landslides and flowslides, dredging in sand layers), soil-structure interaction of shallow foundation, slope stability, dykes and embankments, soil vegetation interaction, unsaturated soil mechanics, and dynamic effects of geotechnical structures.
Specifications
Recent studies in the Liquefaction Tank have been focusing on static liquefaction of submarine slopes in loosely packed sand layers and scour protection to prevent static liquefaction induced flow slides. Nevertheless, the Liquefaction Tank can assure an ample range of applications ranging from offshore geotechnical engineering, soil-structure interaction of shallow foundation, slope stability, dykes and embankments, soil vegetation interaction, unsaturated soil mechanics, and dynamic effects of geotechnical structures.
| Facility Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | TU Delft Large Scale Geotechnical Physical Modelling Facility |
| Short Name | Liquefaction Tank |
| Owner | Delft University of Technology |
| Location | Delft / The Netherlands |
| Website | https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/geoscience-engineering/laboratory/facilities/static-liquefaction-tank-slt/ |
| Contact | A.Askarinejad@tudelft.nl |
| Head of facility | Amin Askarinejad |
| Construction year | 2014 |
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