GEOLAB-PEBSTER-TU Darmstadt: Large-scale model test on Piled Embankments with Basal Steel Mesh Reinforcement - Measurements

Large-scale model test on basal steel-mesh reinforced piled embankments (PEBSTER, a transnational access project of GEOLAB) Welcome to the GEOLAB PEBSTER TU Darmstadt project on Zenodo! This repository contains the measurement data of the large-scale model test on Piled Embankments with a Basal Steel Reinforcement (PEBSTER). Pile-supported embankments with basal geosynthetic reinforcement are commonly built in soft soil areas. Steel mesh reinforcement is particularly appealing for high embankments (Topolnicki et al., 2019). Its high axial stiffness, compared to geosynthetics, reduces horizontal deformation at the embankment base, minimizes bending moments in the piles, and ultimately enhances embankment stability. PEBSTER This dataset includes measurements from a large-scale test on steel-reinforced piled embankments, conducted at the Institute of Geotechnics of the Technical University of Darmstadt (Schneider et al., 2024a,b,c). This test is part of a broader research initiative called Piled Embankments with Basal Steel Reinforcement (PEBSTER), which also includes four small-scale test (van Eekelen et al., 2024), conducted at Deltares, Delft, Netherlands. GEOLAB GEOLAB is a project of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 101006512, addressing Europe's Critical Infrastructure (CI) challenges in the water, energy, urban, and transport sectors. The GEOLAB Research Infrastructure (RI) consists of 11 unique installations across Europe to study subsurface behavior and its interaction with structural CI elements and the environment. During the GEOLAB Transnational Access (TA), users outside the consortium gained access to the GEOLAB installations to perform research and innovation. PEBSTER Research group The project was conducted by a research group that includes the Institute of Geotechnics of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Deltares, Netherlands, Keller (Germany, France, Poland), and SHM System, Poland.