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About Bernadette Wichman

Bernadette contributes to keeping delta’s safe to live in as to protection against flooding, with a focus on the soil beneath and in levees and dams. The stability of revetments has her attention and, especially, how this depends on the dike material. She sees things that are needed in an early stage, and she formulates research questions, while discussing this with clients and stakeholders. She sets up a research program, and she assures the final practical application. This requires a commitment over a long period, a lot of teamwork and collaboration with clients and stakeholders.

Her work is related to safe delta’s and resilient infrastructure. A success is her contribution as a driving force to the research into erosion of clay and the application of ripened dredged material, resulting in a broad green dike pilot near the Dollard. A second success is her leading position in the research on asphaltic revetments, that includes an exciting Deltaflume experiment on aged asphalt from the Lauwersmeer dike. Currently, she is working on the application of circular asphaltic revetments that are produced at a lower temperature, that diminishes the negative impact on environment.

She feels responsible for the impact on society of her work and is politically involved. She also likes to connect people by making music.

Publications

  • 2024 B.G.H.M. Wichman & C. Cengiz, Experimental research into the internal stability of a base layer of recycled asphalt granulate mixed with sand under wave loading., Proceedings of the 5th ECPMG 2024 5th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2-4 October 2024, Delft, the Netherlands
  • 2012 Wichman, B.G.H.M, M.A. Van and M. Huurman, In situ testing of the strength of asphaltic revetments on sand dikes, Proceedings of 12th International Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference in Rostock, Germany.
  • 2009 Wichman B.G.H.M., J.G. Knoeff and G. de Vries, Geotechnical aspects of reinforcement alternatives of the Afsluitdijk., Proceedings of the 17th Int. Conf. on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandrie, Egypt, 1514-1517. ISBN978-1-60750-031-5 (print) | 978-1-60750-508-2 (online)
  • 2005 Wichman B.G.H.M. and H.G.B. Allersma , Centrifuge modeling of soil upheave by expanding tubes., Proceedings of the 16th Int. Conf. on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka Japan, 1571-1574 ISBN print 978-90-5966-027-4
  • 2002 Wichman, B.G.H.M., Finite Strain Theory Applied to Gassy Mud Consolidation., Learned and Applied, soil mechanics out of Delft, Edited by F.B.J. Barends & P.M.P.C. Steijger, Balkema, 81-86.
  • 2002 Wichman, B.G.H.M., First results of settlement correction of road embankments without traffic interruption., Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Ground Improvement Techniques: 26-28 March 2002, K. Lumpur Malaysia, 745-751. ISBN 9810458231, 9789810458232
  • 2000 Wichman, B.G.H.M., G.C. Sills and R. Gonzalez , Experimental validation of a finite strain theory for gassy mud., Canadian Geotechnical Journal 37, no. 6, 1227-1240.
  • 1999 Wichman, B.G.H.M., Consolidation behaviour of gassy mud: theory and experimental validation., Thesis TUDelft ISBN 90-9012536-1.
  • 1999 Wichman, B.G.H.M., A finite strain theory for gassy sludge., Géotechnique 50, no.1, 35-41.
  • 1995 Wichman, B.G.H.M., B. Thorborg, G. Greeuw, H. van Essen, A. Opstal , Determination of consolidation parameters for sludge with different characteristics., Proceedings IS-Hiroshima congress on Compression and Consolidation of Clayey Soils, Yoshikuni & Kusakabe (eds.) 1995 Balkema, Rotterdam. ISBN 90 5410 537 2, 597-601.

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