Spams: A New Empirical Model for Soft Soil Surface Displacement Based on Meteorological Input Data

10 Pages Posted: 4 Jul 2023

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Philip Conroy

Delft University of Technology

Simon A. N. van Diepen

Delft University of Technology

Ramon F. Hanssen

Delft University of Technology

Abstract

We present SPAMS: Simple Parameterization for the Motion of Soils, a model which requires only four parameters to describe the motion of shallow soft soils. The model is accurate and creates estimates for the reversible and irreversible components of subsidence. It has been validated against in-situ data from five test sites in The Netherlands with different Holocene soil strata.

Keywords: Soil subsidence, Empirical modeling, Holocene, Peatlands

Suggested Citation

Conroy, Philip and van Diepen, Simon A. N. and Hanssen, Ramon F., Spams: A New Empirical Model for Soft Soil Surface Displacement Based on Meteorological Input Data. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4500693 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4500693

Philip Conroy (Contact Author)

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Simon A. N. Van Diepen

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Delft, 2628 CN
Netherlands

Ramon F. Hanssen

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Stevinweg 1
Delft, 2628 CN
Netherlands

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