Creep is a time dependent material in which materials accumulate strengths (deformations) under the influence of constant effective stresses. Creep of soil can be often abserved in slopes where creep manifests as slow mass wasting, that is slow downhill movement of soil and rock mass. Creep considerations in soil mechanics are not limited to slopes. All infrastructure that introduces load in the subsoil is subject to creep, too. For economic and functional design the magnitude of creep is to be known. The creep project aims at developing new tools for creep in soft soils, frozen soils and hard soils.

Seth Morgan
Construction Superintendent