This readme file was generated on 2026-01-23 by Maximilian Schröder GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: Plate separation test results for reconstituted illite and plane metal surfaces Author/Principal Investigator Information Name: Maximilian Schröder ORCID: 0009-0007-4590-9778 Institution: Hamburg University of Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig Address: Schellerdamm 22-24, 21079 Hamburg, Germany Email: Maximilian.schroeder.gbt@tuhh.de Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information Name: Yelle Taschendorf Institution: Hamburg University of Technology Address: Schellerdamm 22-24, 21079 Hamburg, Germany Email: yelle.taschendorf@tuhh.de Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information Name: Jürgen Grabe ORCID: 0000-0001-8112-7131 Institution: Hamburg University of Technology Address: Schellerdamm 22-24, 21079 Hamburg, Germany Email: grabe@tuhh.de Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information Name: Marius Milatz ORCID: 0000-0003-3501-0818 Institution: Technische Universität Braunschweig Address: Beethovenstrasse 51b, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany Email: marius.milatz@tuhh.de - Date of data collection: 2025 - Geographic location of data collection: Hamburg, Germany - Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: German Research Foundation, Project number 516859143 SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION - Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal - Publications that cite or use the data: [1] Schröder, M., Taschendorf, Y., Narayanan, M.S., Grabe, J. und Milatz, M. (2026): „Separation testing for clogging risk evaluation – influencing factors and critical analysis of the test method”. In: Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2026. Accepted for publication. [2] Schröder, M., Narayanan, M.S., Grabe, J., Milatz, M. (2026): "Factors influencing the adhesive strength of reconstituted illite in separation testing in the overconsolidated range". In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Vienna, Austria. Accepted for publication. [3] Schröder, M., Narayanan, M.S., Grabe, J. und Milatz, M. (2026): „Factors influencing the separation resistance of reconstituted illite and plane metal surfaces”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Submitted. - Recommended citation for this dataset: Schröder, M., Taschendorf, Y., Grabe, J., Milatz, M. (2026): Data set, TUHH Open Research (TORE), DOI 10.15480/882.16527 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW File List: [Maximum_separation_resistances.csv] METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data was generated from experiments. More Information on the experimental campaign can be obtained from the related publications. Methods for processing the data: Maximum separation resistance is reported from the raw data. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Maximum_separation_resistances.csv - Number of variables: 8 - Number of cases/rows: 144 - Variable List: [Sample ID, Group, A, B, C, D, E, R] - Sample ID: Unique sample ID of each individual test - Group: Group number grouping tests with same test parameters (Test repetitions) - A: Preconsolidation pressure (kPa) - B: Pressure (kPa) - C: Contact time (s) - D: Separation speed (mm/min) - E: Piston roughness (micrometer) - R: Maximum (Peak) separation resistance (kPa)