Rate-controlled cone penetration tests in permafrost

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Buteau, Sylvie, Fortier, Richard, Allard, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Canada; Umiujaq; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t04-093; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t04-093

Cone penetration tests (CPTs) were carried out in the summers of 1999 and 2000 in a permafrost mound near Umiujaq, in northern Quebec, Canada, to study the cryostratigraphy and assess the creep behaviour of permafrost. A new linear pushing system using an actuator technology was specifically designe...