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Fan, Tailin. "Multi-plate penetration tests to determine soil stiffness moduli." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63172.
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Finke, Kimberly Ann. "Piezocone penetration testing in Piedmont residual soils." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21452.
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Brown, Douglas Neil. "The prediction of clay soil properties using the piezocone penetration test." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20969.
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Lee, Wai-ming. "Correlation of PCPT and SPT data from a shallow marine site investigation /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30110385.
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Lee, Wai-ming, and 李慧明. "Correlation of PCPT and SPT data from a shallow marine site investigation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44570077.
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Cargill, Patrick Ethan. "The influence of friction sleeve roughness on cone penetration test measurements." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23002.
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Wong, Kan-hok Ken. "Review of Menard pressuremeter test in weak rocks." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4257724X.
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Teeter, Russell Daniel. "Two dimensional mesoscale simulations of projectile instability during penetration of dry sand." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2007/r_teeter_121107.pdf.
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Yang, Wenwei. "Development and application of automatic monitoring system for standard penetration test in site investigation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36811919.
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Wong, Kan-hok Ken, and 王勤學. "Review of Menard pressuremeter test in weak rocks." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4257724X.
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Eid, Walid Khaled. "Scaling effect in cone penetration testing in sand." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49849.
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The Cone Penetration Test (CPT) was developed originally in Holland in the 1930’s as a device which provides a small scale model of a pile foundation. Early versions were simple cone points for which the only measurement was the thrust required to push the point through the ground. Over the past 20 years, the cone was standardized to a tip area of 10 cm², and an electrical version was produced, which allows for continuous measurement of the cone tip resistance and sleeve friction along with a computer-based data acquisition system. The electrical cone represents a significant step forward for the CPT, since it provides a continuous profile of information that can be used to identify soil type and define important engineering parameters. More recently, the CPT has shown considerable potential for calculation of settlements of footings on sand, determination of pile capacity, assessment of ground pressures, and evaluation of liquefaction potential for cohesionless soils.
Along with the widening application of the CPT, new varieties of cone penetrometers have appeared, with different sizes than the standard. Smaller cones are used for instances where relatively small depths of soil need to be penetrated, and larger cones have been developed for penetrating dense and gravelly soils. With the introduction of the new cones, there has been a tendency to assume that the methods for reducing CPT data for the standard sized cone can be extrapolated to the other sizes of cones. That is, it is assumed that there are no scale effects in cones of different sizes. While this may be true, to date, little direct evidence has been produced to support this view, and the issue is an important one from two points of view:
1. The present data analysis technology is based on that primarily from testing with a standard cone. lt is important to know if any changes are needed in this approach, or if the existing methods can be used with confidence for any size cone.
2. If it can be shown that no scale factor exists, then this will allow the use of new, smaller cones in experimentation in modem calibration chambers with the knowledge that the test results are applicable for the cones that a.re more widely used in practice. The smaller cones offer several advantages in this type of work in that they facilitate the research considerably by reducing the effort involved in sample preparation, and they are less likely to produce results influenced by boundary conditions in the chamber.
One of the major objectives of this research is to develop an insight into the issue of the scale factor caused by the use of different sizes of cones. This is accomplished through an experimental program conducted in a new large scale calibration chamber recently constructed at Virginia Tech.
Many of the latest developments in cone penetration testing have been forthcoming from testing done in calibration chambers where a soil mass can be placed to a controlled density under known stress conditions. To conduct the experimentation of this work, it was necessary to design, fabricate, and bring to an operational stage a calibration chamber. The Virginia Tech chamber is one of the largest in the world. A significant portion of the effort involved in this thesis research was devoted to this task. In particular, attention was devoted to the development of a system for placement of a homogeneous soil mass in the chamber, and the implementation of a microcomputer-based data acquisition unit to record and process the test results.
The scale effects investigation was performed using three different sizes of cone penetrometers in a test program conducted in the calibration chamber. Of the three cones, one is smaller than the standard with a tip area of 4.23 cm², one was a standard cone with a tip area of 10 cm², and one was larger than the standard cone with a tip area of 15 cm². A total of 47 tests were carried in the chamber using two different levels of confining stress and two different sand densities. The test results show that while a scale factor might exist, the degree of its influence on interpreted soil parameters for a practical problem does not appear significant.Ph. D.
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Greig, James William. "Estimating undrained shear strength of clay from cone penetration tests." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25076.
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This paper discusses several proposed methods for estimating undrained shear strength from cone penetration tests. This correlation has been studied in the past, however, most have focussed only on the cone bearing. In addition to discussing these traditional methods, this paper evaluates recently proposed methods of estimating Su from CPT pore pressure data.
The results of field vane and cone penetration tests from five lower mainland sites are presented in relation to the different proposed correlation techniques. The results show that there is no unique cone factor for estimating Su from CPT for all clays, however, a reasonable estimate of Su can be made by comparing the predictions from several of the proposed methods. With local correlations these techniques can be quite reliable. The results also show that the estimation of Su from CPT is influenced by various factors relating to: the choice of a reference Su, cone design, CPT test procedures and the soil characteristics. In particular, the estimation of Su from CPT is strongly influenced by such soil parameters as stress history, sensitivity and stiffness. Increases in OCR and sensitivity were reflected by increases in the traditional cone factors Nc and Nk.
The use of pore pressure data appears to be a promising means of estimating. Su from CPT. Expressions have been developed that predict excess pore pressures based on cavity expansion theory and attempt to include the effects of sensitivity, stress history and stiffness. In addition, comparisons between friction sleeve measurements and Su and a method for estimating sensitivity from friction ratios are presented. Lastly, recommended procedures for estimating Su from CPT are given.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Chu, Lap-man Raymond. "Material identification and subsurface stratigraphy of Penny's Bay reclamation site : by the method of subsurface exploration : piezocone penetration test and drilling /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576660.
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Zhuang, Peizhi. "Cavity expansion analysis with applications to cone penetration test and root-soil interaction." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42772/.
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As one of the most versatile and reliable in-situ devices, cone penetrometers have been extensively used in soil exploration (e.g. soil classification, soil profiling, back-calculation of soil properties etc.) both experimentally and theoretically over the past 80 years. To improve its site accessibility, reduce the required sample size with minimal boundary effects, or model soil penetration by plant roots or earthworms, cone penetrometers with various sizes are often employed both in the field and laboratory. Consequently, size-dependent performance may appear, and this is one of the subjects of this research. A series of cone penetration tests with three sized cone penetrometer (12mm, 6mm, 3mm) on the Leighton Buzzard sand with two fractions (E and C) was performed at the 1g condition. Evident size effects were observed both in the cone tip resistance and shaft friction. To account for the observed size-dependent behaviour, theoretical methods based on the cavity expansion theory were developed in addition to the available experimental findings. Firstly, a size-dependent quasi-static cavity expansion solution was developed by improving the conventional cavity expansion theory incorporating with a strain gradient theory of plasticity. A stiffer response is modelled for a smaller cylindrical/ spherical cavity with this solution. Based on the analogy of cone penetration and quasi-static cavity expansion, the developed size-dependent expansion solution for spherical cavities was employed to quantify the size effect in the cone tip resistance, and fair good agreements were achieved between the theoretical prediction and experimental results. Subsequently, the scale effect observed in shaft friction resistance was explained in terms of the interface frictional strength and mobilised lateral soil stress. The size-dependent interface frictional strength was discussed based on the available experimental data of other researchers, and an improved solution based on the elastic cylindrical cavity expansion solution was derived to quantify the size dependency of the mobilised lateral stress on the shaft. In the light of above discussions, dominating factors influencing the size-dependent behaviours in the cone penetration test are summarised. The other objective of the present research was to model the mechanical interaction between a growing root tip and the surrounding soil. Two elastic solutions for computing the stress and displacement fields around a displacement-controlled ellipse were developed based on the complex variable theory of elasticity and Fourier series method. By assuming the axial cross section of a root tip as a half-ellipse, the two-dimensional soil response to a short-term growing root tip was discussed with the derived elastic solutions. Benefits of radial swelling of the root tip to its axial penetration were summarised, and an approximate analytical method to estimate the soil resistance mobilised by a short-term root growth was suggested and employed in the present root tip-soil interaction analyses. In addition, influences of the additional shear stress in the process of static and quasi-static cavity expansion were analysed with an elastic-perfectly-plastic model. For Tresca materials, a non-equal initial stress field was considered in the static stress solution, and a quasi-static expansion solution was then derived for a cavity deforming in a hydrostatic stress field considering the material compressibility. The static stress solution is capable of calculating the stress redistribution around a circular rotating probe, and the large-strain quasi-static solution may be useful in theoretical predictions of the tip resistance of a rotating penetrometer (or pile) which has been often utilised in needle cone penetration tests for modelling the root tip elongation. Then the introduced methods in above solutions were applied to the static stress analysis of a circular cavity surrounded by the Mohr-Coulomb material under a non-equal stress field. Based on the conformal mapping function proposed by Detournay and Fairhurst (1987), both a loading and unloading analysis were carried out with the derived analytical solution. It can provide a simple method to predict the plastic failure zone and calculate the stress redistribution around a circular excavation (e.g. tunnel, pipeline) either under loading or unloading.
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Rahardjo, Paulus P. "Evaluation of liquefaction potential of silty sand based on Cone Penetration Test." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53844.
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Liquefaction ls a phenomenon where a saturated soil can temporarily lose its shear strength during an earthquake as a result of the development of excess pore pressures. For the past 25 years since Iiquefaction phenomenon was first explained, it was thought to be mainly a problem with clean sand, and most of the research has focused on these soils. However, as case history information has come to light, it has become apparent that silty sands are commonly involved, and in some cases even silts. This has generated a need for knowledge about the response of silty sands and silts under seismic loading. Related to this issue is the question of how best to determine the Iiquefaction resistance of these soils in a practical setting.
This research has the objectives of providing an understanding of the behavior of saturated silty sands under seismic loading, and developing a rational basis for the use of the Cone Penetration Test (CPT) to predict Iiquefaction resistance in these materials. The study is primarily experimental, relying on laboratory and field testing and the use of a unique, large scale calibration chamber. The calibration chamber allows the field environment to be duplicated in the laboratory where conditions can be closely controlled and accurately defined.
One of the first problems to be overcome in the research was to determine how to prepare specimens of silty sands that would reasonably duplicate field conditions in both the small scale of the conventional laboratory tests, and the large scale of the calibration chamber. Out of four different methods explored, consolidation from a slurry proved to be best. Two silty sands were located which had the desired characteristics for the study. Field work, involving both the Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and CPT was done as part of this investigation. The behavior of the silty sands were determined in the laboratory from monotonic and cyclic loading tests.
The test results show that the effect of fines is to reduce the cone penetration resistance, but not to affect the liquefaction resistance. The steady state shear strength of the soils seems to be correlated to the cone tip resistance, however, this correlation shows a higher steady state shear strength than those back figured from case history data. The results were also used to define state parameters for both of the soils tested. The state parameter was found to be a reliable index to the liquefaction potential and further study in this area is recommended.Ph. D.
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Yang, Wenwei, and 楊文衛. "Development and application of automatic monitoring system for standard penetration test in site investigation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36811919.
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Nciizah, Adornis Dakarai. "Cattle manure, scalping and soil wetness effects on some physical properties of a hardsetting soil and associated early maize growth." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/349.
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Most soils in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa are shallow and are low in organic matter. Therefore these soils are structurally fragile and highly susceptible to inherent degradative processes like hardsetting. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of cattle manure, scalping and soil wetness on aggregate stability, penetration resistance and early maize growth in hardsetting soils. Glasshouse and field studies were conducted to determine the effect of cattle manure on aggregate stability and penetration resistance of freshly exposed topsoils by scalping at 0, 10 and 20 cm depths. In the glasshouse cattle manure was applied at 0 and 20 Mg/ha and matric suction was kept at ~ 30 and ~ 400 kPa; contrasting high and low soil wetness. Three soils were put in pots and arranged in a randomized complete block 3 2 2 factorial design. The field study was done at the University of Fort Hare research farm and the treatments were arranged in a split-plot complete randomized design with three replications. Scalping treatment was the main plot whilst the quantity of the cattle manure applied was the sub plot. Cattle manure increased mean weight diameter (MWD) by between 48% and 71% under glasshouse and between 18% and 33% under field conditions, depending on the soil wetting rate. Cattle manure reduced MWD when the soil under field condition was subjected to mechanical shaking. Soil penetration resistance decreased linearly, with increasing soil wetness but it rapidly increased with increase in matric suction up to ~200 kPa and thereafter the rate of increase reduced. In the glasshouse, all treatments had no significant effects on shoot dry weight but low matric suction increased root dry weight by 133%. Interaction of cattle manure and low matric suction reduced shoot length by 6%, shoot fresh weight by 25%, root surface area by 36%, root length by 5% and root fresh weight by 29% compared to the control. In contrast, application of cattle manure and high matric suction increased shoot length by 37%, shoot fresh weight by 136%, root surface area by 159%, root length by 94% and root fresh weight by 119%. In the field, cattle manure application increased root length density and shoot dry matter by 26% and 30% respectively. Cattle manure improved the stability of aggregates of the hardsetting soil under rapid or slow water intake conditions experienced during rainfall or irrigation. However, under field conditions cattle manure acted as a deflocculant and decreased the stability of aggregates when mechanical stress was applied. The effectiveness of cattle manure in improving maize growth in hardsetting soils was determined by matric suction.
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Fransson, Johan. "A study of the correlation between soil-rock sounding and column penetration test data." Thesis, KTH, Jord- och bergmekanik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-40853.
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Lime-cement columns have been used in Sweden to improve poor soil conditions since the 1970’s. The method is inexpensive and flexible, but is difficult to test since the columns are manufactured in-situ. Many test-methods have been developed for testing the column strength during the years. Most of them need to be evaluated using an empirical correction-factor known as the cone factor. The column penetration test, KPS, is the most commonly used method in Sweden, it is considered to be reliable since a large part of the column cross-section is tested. The problem is that the probe easily deviates out of the column to the softer surrounding soil. Today a pre-drilled guiding-hole, a soil-rock sounding, helps the probe to stay vertical. Although the soil-rock sounding is commonly not used for evaluation of column strength, the penetration resistance is recorded. A visual comparison between the plotted penetration resistances from the two methods shows similarities in both hard and soft areas of the columns. The relation can be measured using statistics, such as the correlation coefficient. A strong correlation was also found, suggesting that a similar equation used to evaluate the undrained shear strength from the column penetration tests can be applied with the data from the soilrock soundings. The statically pushed column penetration test probe and the rotated soil-rock sounding bit bore are likely to cause different failure modes in the column. This means that different empirical cone factors are needed when the undrained shear strength is evaluated. By evaluating the ratio between the cone factors of the column penetration test and the data from the soil-rock soundings from three sites, E-road E18 north of Stockholm, E-road E45 outside Gothenburg and at a construction site at Lidingö, the following aspects of the ratio was investigated: if the ratio was site-specific; the sensitivity to the binder content; the sleeve friction and; the sensitivity to rotational speed and rate of penetration. Average columns formed from the penetration resistance at depth from each site were used during the evaluations. The Swedish geotechnical society has standardised two methodologies that can be used for pre-drilling. The soil-rock sounding methodology which has no fixed rate of penetration or rotational speed, and the total sounding methodology, based on the Norwegian total sounding methodology which has fixed rate of penetration and rotational speed. The latter is to prefer when comparing results between sites. To remove the sleeve friction, the data from the soil-rock soundings needed to be de-trended. The amount of de-trending needed to find a constant cone factor varied at the sites between 0.5 kN/m and 1.0 kN/m. This however caused high interference, partly from scaling the variation. The cone factor for the total sounding methodology was found to be between 0.30- 0.45 times the cone factor for the column penetration test.
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Lu, Dandan, and 卢丹丹. "Effects of static pile penetration on an adjacent earth retaining structure." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47054670.
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Mo, Pin-Qiang. "Centrifuge modelling and analytical solutions for the cone penetration test in layered soils." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14319/.
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The interpretation of measurements from the cone penetration test is still predominately based on empirical correlations, which can be attributed to the lack of understanding of penetration mechanisms, that involve severe stress-strain and shear dilatancy close to the probe. Even so, it remains one of the most widely used in-situ tools for site characterisation, and several methods for displacement pile design have been developed using CPT data. This research investigates the response of penetrometers and the behaviour of layered soils during installation of probes using geotechnical centrifuge modelling and cavity expansion analysis. Two series of centrifuge tests were performed in stratum configurations of silica sand in a half-cylindrical axisymmetric model, allowing the observation of the induced soil deformation through a Perspex window. The variations of penetration resistance and soil deformation with penetration depth, soil density, stress level and soil layering are examined from the results of the centrifuge tests. The quantified soil displacements and the resulting strains in the axisymmetric model have provided an effective approach for investigation of penetration mechanisms with soil element trajectories, strain paths and rotations of principal strain rate. The effects of layering on both resistance and soil deformation are shown with dependence of the relative soil properties and profiles. The results presented also serve as a base for applications of cavity expansion solutions, back analyses and further studies. Analytical solutions for cavity expansion in two concentrically arranged regions of soil are developed using a non-associated Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion for large strain analysis of both spherical and cylindrical cavities. The solutions are validated against finite element simulations and a detailed parametric study of the layered effects on the pressure-expansion curves is performed. To apply the proposed solutions to penetration problems, a simplified combination approach is suggested to eliminate the discrepancy between concentric layering and horizontal layering. The analytical study of penetration in two-layered and multi-layered soils is therefore achieved, with comparisons to elastic solutions and numerical simulations provided. The back analyses based on the resistance and soil deformation emphasise the influences of small-strain stiffness, soil-probe interface friction angle, and relative density/state parameter. The correlation between the cone tip resistance and the pile bearing capacity is also discussed, and the scale effects are examined through the ground surface effect and the layering effect by the developed cavity expansion solutions. The penetration mechanisms are summarised from the aspects of soil stress-strain history, particle breakage, soil patterns, and penetration in layered soils. The layered effects emphasised in this research indicate that the penetration resistance is strongly dependent on the soil properties within the influence zones above and below the probe tip, and also related to the in-situ stress gradient along the penetration path. It is also suggested that correlations from calibration chamber tests using uniform soil and a constant stress field may not be suitable for direct interpretation of CPT data. Finally, the averaging technique for pile design is suggested based on the transition curve of tip resistance in layered soils with consideration of the scale effects.
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Ozan, Cem. "Estimation Of Grain Characteristics Of Soils By Using Cone Penetration Test (cpt) Data." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1088988/index.pdf.
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Due to lack of soil sampling during a conventional cone penetration testing (CPT), it is necessary to classify soils based on recorded tip and sleeve friction and pore pressure (if available) values. However, currently available soil classification models are based on deterministic and judgemental determination of soil classification boundaries which do not address the uncertainties intristic to the problem. Moreover, size and quality of databases used in the development of these soil classification models are undocumented and thus questionable. Similar limitations do also exist in the development of SPT-CPT correlations which are widely used in SPT dominated design such as soil liquefaction triggering. To eliminate these discussed limitations, within the confines of this study it is attempted to present (1) a new probabilistic CPT- based soil classification methodology, and (2) new SPT-CPT correlations which address the uncertainties intrinsic to the problems. For these purposes, a database composed of 400 CPT/SPT boring data pairs was compiled. It is intended to develop probabilistic models, which will correlate CPT tip and sleeve friction values to actual soil classification and CPT tip resistance to SPT blow count N. The new set of correlations, model parameters of which estimated by implementing maximum likelihood methodology, presented herein are judged to represent a robust and defensible basis for (1) prediction of soil type based on CPT data and, (2) estimation of SPT-N value for given CPT data.
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Sun, Tek-kei, and 孫廸麒. "Numerical modeling of skin friction and penetration problems in geotechnical engineering." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195991.
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Numerical modeling using finite element method (FEM) is well-recognized as a powerful method for both engineers and researchers to solve boundary value problems. In the modeling of geotechnical problems, the analyses are often limited to simple static problems with either steady-state effective or total stress approach while the transient response (development and dissipation of excess pore water pressure, uex) is seldom considered. Besides, infinitesimal small soil deformation is usually assumed. The simulation is further complicated when the soil-structure interaction problems involve significant soil displacements; like a pile subject to negative skin friction (NSF) and a cone/pile penetration. However, conventional FEM analysis prematurely terminates due primarily to excessive mesh distortion. One could see that simulating a transient problem with large deformation and distortion remains a great challenge. In this study, advanced FE simulations are performed to give new insights into the problems of (1) a pile subject to NSF; and (2) a cone penetration. The transient response of the NSF problem is modeled with the fluid-coupled consolidation technique and geometric nonlinearity. The fluid-coupled cone penetration problem is modeled with a newly developed adaptive approach.
The NSF and cone penetration simulations involve complex soil-structure interface modeling. Two types of modified interface responses are developed and verified which consider fluid coupling. The developed algorithm is applied to back analyze a case history of a pile subject to NSF induced by surcharge loading. Promising results were shown. Development of dragload and neutral plane (NP) with time is studied. NP locates at 75% of the pile embedded length (D) in long-term. Next, a parametric study is performed to investigate the influences of pile geometries, ground compressibility and loading conditions towards the pile responses. The long-term NP locates at around 0.55D to 0.65D in the studied engineering scenarios. The maximum downdrag can be up to 10% of the pile diameter. NP shifts upward when the head load increases. A simple design chart is proposed which helps engineers to estimate the long-term axial load distribution. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the application and performance of the chart.
The study is extended to investigate the cone penetration problem. An advanced adaptive method is developed and implemented into the FE package ABAQUS to resolve the problems of numerical instability, excessive mesh distortion and premature termination. The proposed method is verified by modeling a ground consolidation problem. Next, total stress back analysis of cone penetration is conducted with the proposed method. The development of cone factor predicted by the proposed method gives a better match with the laboratory result when comparing with the built-in ALE method. Next, the development and dissipation of uex during cone advancing with the proposed method and fluid-coupled technique is investigated. uex develops dramatically around the cone tip. The soil permeability is back calculated from the dissipation test and agrees well with the input value. It is believed that the construction effects of a press-in pile and the subsequence NSF on that pile can be modeled by utilizing the finding of this study.published_or_final_version
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Liao, Tianfei. "Post processing of cone penetration data for assessing seismic ground hazards, with application to the New Madrid seismic zone." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005, 2005. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-05042005-133640/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006.Mayne, Paul W., Committee Chair ; Goldsman, David, Committee Member ; Lai, James, Committee Member ; Rix, Glenn J., Committee Member ; Santamarina, J. Carlos, Committee Member.
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Wang, Chwen-Huan. "Prediction of the residual strength of liquefied soils /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10138.
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Schneider, James A. "Liquefaction response of soils in Mid-America evaluated by seismic cone tests." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20147.
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Perez, Waldo Flores, Jorge Chavez Cerdena, Gary Duran Ramirez, and Maggie Martinelli Montoya. "Correlation of dynamic probing light (DPL) and standard penetration test (SPT) for sandy soil of alluvial origin." Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656568.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.In geotechnical studies, the dynamic probing light (DPL) turns out to be an alternative method to the Standard Penetration test (SPT) for the determination of soil parameters. The requirement of various regulations for correlating both tests in the same field and not establishing a methodology to carry it out, limits the practical scope of dynamic probing light. Thus, this research presents a correlation methodology between the dynamic probing light (DPL) and the Standard Penetration test (SPT) specifically for sandy soils (SP and SP-SM) located in an area of Chilca, located in Cañete. - Lima Peru. For the analysis, more than 400 data pairs were used, obtaining two linear correlations between the count blow of Standard Penetration-NSPT test and the dynamic probing light method-N10, which presented an adjustment correlation between 84% and 87 %.
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Chu, Lap-man Raymond, and 朱立民. "Material identification and subsurface stratigraphy of Penny's Bay reclamation site: by the method of subsurfaceexploration : piezocone penetration test and drilling." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576660.
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Mupambwa, Hupenyu Allan. "Winter rotational cover crops effects on soil strength, aggregate stability and water conservation of a hardsetting cambisol in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/453.
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Winter rotational cover crops (WRCC) are often used to boost soil fertility and plant nutrition. However, selection and use of WRCC for soil physical improvement is usually overlooked. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of WRCC on soil strength, aggregate stability and water conservation of a hardsetting soil. The soil physical properties were determined after four rotations of growing monocultures of vetch (Vicia dasycarpa cv. Max), lupin (Lupinus angustifolius cv. Tanjil) and oats (Avena sativa cv. Sederberg) and after two rotations of growing bicultures of oats (Avena sativa cv. Pallinup) and vetch (Vicia dasycarpa cv. Max) across two soil layers, 0 to 15 cm and 15 to 30 cm. The individual WRCC and a weedy fallow constituted the treatments in the monoculture study whilst in the biculture study the various combinations of WRCC namely; 90% oat plus 10% vetch (O90V10); 70% oat plus 30% vetch (O70V30) and 50% oat plus 50% vetch (O50V50) and a weedy fallow constituted the treatments. After four rotations with cover crop monocultures, oats significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced penetration resistance (PR) whilst vetch increased PR in both soil layers compared to the weedy fallow control. The effect of the biculture treatments was only experienced within the 15 to 30 cm depth. The treatments O50V50 and O70V30 increased the PR compared to the control. The WRCC in monoculture significantly increased the soil aggregate stability relative to the control in both soil layers. Vetch, lupin and oats resulted in a 41.7%; 20.4% and 15.7% increase in MWD in the 0 to 15 cm soil layer and 47.2%; 44.2% and 39.7% in the 15 to 30 cm depth, respectively. An increase in aggregate stability was associated with increased macro-aggregation. Under the biculture, WRCC slightly increased, non- significantly, the aggregate stability. Both hot water and dilute acid extractable polysaccharides showed no significant correlation with aggregate stability in the two studies. Oats monoculture resulted in a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05) on cumulative infiltration compared to the control. However, after 2 h vetch and lupin showed no significant difference from the control on cumulative infiltration. Oats resulted in a 7.8% increase in final infiltration rate (FIR) whilst vetch and lupin reduced FIR by 9% and 16.7% respectively, compared to the control. Bicultures of oats and vetch significantly (P ≤ 0.05) increased cumulative infiltration compared to the weedy fallow control. A similar significant increase in FIR was also observed under bicultures. The treatments O50V50; O90V10 and O70V30 resulted in a 163.3%; 113.3% and 105.4% increase in FIR respectively, compared to the control. Cover crop monocultures significantly (P ≤ 0.05) increased plant available water (PAW) compared to the weedy fallow, with vetch, oats and lupin resulting in a 28.3%; 22% and 23.9% increase respectively, in PAW. However, no significant differences were observed on PAW after two rotations with bicultures. Compared with winter weedy fallow, WRCC improved most of the soil physical properties under study, with the most suitable results expected under bicultures compared to monocultures. Under CA, selection of WRCC like oats, vetch and lupin, one should therefore take into consideration their effects on soil physical properties as a selection criterion and not biomass and fertility alone.
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McGillivray, Alexander Vamie. "Enhanced Integration of Shear Wave Velocity Profiling in Direct-Push Site Characterization Systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19714.
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Enhanced Integration of Shear Wave Velocity Profiling in Direct-Push Site Characterization Systems
Alexander V. McGillivray
370 Pages
Directed by Dr. Paul W. Mayne
Shear wave velocity (VS) is a fundamental property of soils directly related to the shear stiffness at small-strains. Therefore, VS should be a routine measurement made during everyday site characterization. There are several lab and field methods for measuring VS, but the seismic piezocone penetration test (SCPTu) and the seismic dilatometer test (SDMT) are the most efficient means for profiling the small-strain stiffness in addition to evaluating large-strain strength, as well as providing evaluations of the geostratigraphy, stress state, and permeability, all within a single sounding.
Although the CPT and DMT have been in use for over three decades in the USA, they are only recently becoming commonplace on small-, medium-, and large-size projects as more organizations begin to realize their benefits. Regrettably, the SCPTu and the SDMT are lagging slightly behind their non-seismic counterparts in popularity, in part because the geophysics component of the tests has not been updated during the 25 years since the tests were envisioned. The VS measurement component is inefficient and not cost effective for routine use. The purpose of this research is to remove the barriers to seismic testing during direct-push site characterization with SCPTu and SDMT.
A continuous-push seismic system has been developed to improve the integration of VS measurements with SCPTu and SDMT, allowing VS to be measured during penetration without stopping the progress of the probe. A new type of portable automated seismic source, given the name RotoSeis, was created to generate repeated hammer strikes at regularly spaced time intervals. A true-interval biaxial seismic probe and an automated data acquisition system were also developed to capture the shear waves. By not limiting VS measurement to pauses in penetration during rod breaks, it is possible to make overlapping VS interval measurements. This new method, termed frequent-interval, increases the depth resolution of the VS profile to be more compatible with the depth intervals of the near-continuous non-seismic measurements of the SCPTu and the SDMT.
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Chung, Shin Fun. "Characterisation of soft soils for deep water developments." University of Western Australia. School of Civil and Resource Engineering, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0079.
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[Truncated abstract] This research has studied the penetration and extraction resistance profiles of different types of penetrometers in soft clay. The penetrometers of interest include the cone, T–bar, ball and plate. Effects of the surface roughness and aspect ratio of the T–bar penetrometer on its resistance have also been investigated. Undrained shear strength, Su, profiles derived from the penetration tests are compared with the shear strengths measured from field vane shear tests and laboratory (triaxial and simple shear) tests. Both in situ and centrifuge model penetration tests were undertaken for the research. In addition, ‘undisturbed’? tube samples were retrieved from both the field and the centrifuge strongbox samples (after completion of the centrifuge tests) for laboratory testing. The in situ testing was carried out in Western Australia, at the Burswood site near Perth, with tests including cone, T–bar, ball and plate penetrometer tests, and vane shear tests. Interestingly, the T–bar, ball and plate (‘full-flow’) penetrometers showed a narrow band of resistance profiles both during penetration and extraction, with a range of around 15 % between the highest and lowest profiles and standard deviation of 15 %. However, the cone penetrometer gave similar resistance at shallow depths but increasingly higher penetration resistance at depths greater than 7 m – a phenomenon that is also common in offshore results. During extraction, the cone penetrometer gave a higher resistance profile than the full–flow penetrometers for much of the depth of interest. The Su profile measured directly from the vane shear tests falls within the Su profiles derived from the penetration resistances of the full–flow penetrometers, using a single bearing factor, N = 10.5 (the value originally suggested in the literature for a T–bar penetration test). Again, the cone penetrometer demonstrated diverging results, requiring two separate values for the cone factor, Nkt (10.5 initially increasing to 13 for depths below 10 m) in order to give Su similar to the vane shear tests. This highlights the possible variability of the cone factor with depth. Cyclic penetration and extraction tests were performed at specific depths for each fullflow penetrometer. These tests comprised displacement cycles of ±0.5 m about the relevant depth, recording the penetration and extraction resistances over five full cycles. The results may be used to derive the remoulded strength and sensitivity of the soil. Laboratory tests such as triaxial and simple shear tests were performed on ‘undisturbed’ tube samples retrieved from the same site to evaluate the in situ shear strengths in the laboratory. However, the resulting Su data were rather scattered, much of which may be attributed to variable sample quality due to the presence of frequent shell fragments and occasional silt lenses within the test samples. In general, N factors for the full–low penetrometers, back–calculated using Su values measured from the simple shear tests, fell mainly in a range between 9.7 and 12.8 (between 10.4 and 12.2 for the standard size T–bar (250 mm x 40 mm))
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Low, Han Eng. "Performance of penetrometers in deepwater soft soil characterisation." University of Western Australia. School of Civil and Resource Engineering, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0008.
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Offshore developments for hydrocarbon resources have now progressed to water depths approaching 2500 m. Due to the difficulties and high cost in recovering high quality samples from deepwater site, there is increasing reliance on in situ tests such as piezocone and full-flow (i.e. T-bar and ball) penetration tests for determining the geotechnical design parameters. This research was undertaken in collaboration with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), as part of a joint industry project, to improve the reliability of in situ tests in determining design parameters and to improve offshore site investigation practice in deepwater soft sediments. In this research, a worldwide high quality database was assembled and used to correlate intact and remoulded shear strengths (measured from laboratory and vane shear tests) with penetration resistances measured by piezocone, T-bar and ball penetrometers. The overall statistics showed similar and low levels of variability of resistance factors for intact shear strength (N-factors) for all three types of penetrometer. In the correlation between the remoulded penetration resistance and remoulded shear strength, the resistance factors for remoulded shear strength (Nrem-factors) were found higher than the N-factors. As a result, the resistance sensitivity is less than the strength sensitivity. The correlations between the derived N-factors and specific soil characteristics indicated that the piezocone N-factors are more influenced by rigidity index than those for the T-bar and ball penetrometers. The effect of strength anisotropy is only apparent in respect of N-factors for the T-bar and ball penetrometers correlated to shear strengths measured in triaxial compression. On the other hand, the Nrem-factors showed slight tendency to increase with increasing strength sensitivity but were insensitive to soil index properties. These findings suggest that the full-flow penetrometers may be used to estimate remoulded shear strength and are potentially prove more reliable than the piezocone in estimating average or vane shear strength for intact soil but the reverse is probably true for the estimation of triaxial compression strength.
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Schneider, James A. "Analysis of piezocone data for displacement pile design." University of Western Australia. School of Civil and Resource Engineeringd%695 Electronic theses, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0207.
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Due to the similarity between the geometry and full displacement installation method of a cone penetrometer and displacement pile, the axial capacity of displacement piles is often assessed using data from a cone penetration test (CPT). As there are many more factors influencing pile axial capacity than affecting CPT cone resistance, there are a wide range of CPT-based empirical design methods in use. These methods have various levels of predictive success, which usually depends upon the soil conditions, pile geometry, pile installation method, and time between installations and loading. An improved understanding of the basis and reliability of respective design methods is essential to improve the quality of predictions in the absence of site specific load test data. This thesis explores the influence of soil state and drainage conditions on piezocone penetration test (CPTU) tip resistance (qc) and penetration pore pressures (u2). For cone penetration testing identified as 'drained', factors influencing the correlation between cone tip resistance and displacement pile shaft friction in sand are investigated through (i) a review of previous research and the performance of existing design methods; (ii) centrifuge studies of piles of differing widths with measurements of local lateral stress; (iii) field tension tests at different times between installation and loading for uninstrumented driven piles with different diameters and end conditions; and (iv) field tension tests at different times between installation and loading on closed ended strain gauged jacked segmented model piles with different installation sequences. CPTU qc and u2 are primarily controlled by soil state and drainage conditions, with effective stress strength parameters and soil stiffness also influencing the measurements. The primary mechanisms identified to control the correlation between cone tip resistance and shaft friction on displacement piles are identified as; (i) the initial increase in radial stress due to soil displaced during installation of a pile; (ii) different levels of soil displacement induced by open, closed, and partially plugged piles; (iii) reduction in radial stress behind the pile tip; (iv) additional reduction in radial stress with continued pile penetration (friction fatigue); (v) changes in radial stress during loading; (vi) constant volume interface friction angle between soil and steel; and (vii) changes in the effects of the above mentioned mechanisms with time between installation and loading. The relative effect of each of these factors is investigated in this thesis.
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Holko, Jeffrey M. "Shear Strength Correlations for Ohio Highway Embankment Soils." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1205248711.
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Yaman, Gokhan. "Prediction Of Geotechnical Properties Of Cohesive Soils From In-situ Tests: An Evaluation Of A Local Database." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608120/index.pdf.
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In any geotechnical design procedure, the fundemantal point to be initially clearified is the characterization of existing soil profile at a site. This requires a great deal of planning a suitable site investigation program including borings, sampling, laboratory and in situ testing etc. Laboratory and in-situ (field) tests are important tools leading to the estimation of soils properties in geotechnics. Beside laboratory tests, the measurement of engineering properties in situ is a continuously growing and developing trend, particularly in materials difficult to obtain perfect undisturbed samples.
For the purpose of this study, two large volumed geotechnical investigation reports are collected from a wide archive of 30 years experiences. Different soil types are encountered during the study like alluvial deposits of soft to stiff cohesive materials, hard clays in appearance of highly weathered rocks.
The in-situ tests mostly being focused and studied on are &ldquoPressuremeter Test&rdquo
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Standard Penetration Test&rdquo
on cohesive materails. Over 350 standard penetration test results are recorded together with the pressuremeter results of relevant soils. Besides, the corresponding laboratory test results of oedometer, triaxial loading and all index properties of soils are assembled. The results of in-situ tests are evaluated together with the results of laboratory tests performed on the samples obtained from related sites. The correlations between in-situ &
laboratory test results on shear strength, compressibility and deformation characteristics of soils are analysed and compared with the existing correlations in literature. The correlations are generally obtained to be in agreement with the ones in common literature in cases where the soil conditions, particularly saturation, are same in both laboratory and in-situ tests.
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Peri, Elena. "An investigation on the behaviour of a shallow foundation resting on a layered soil near a slope." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.
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In questo progetto, portato avanti alla University of Western Australia, viene analizzato il comportamento di una fondazione superficiale su un pendio in sabbia sopra un deposito di argilla.
Dopo avere ricavato sperimentalmente i parametri di resistenza di sabbia e argilla, si è proceduto al calcolo con Plaxis 2D della capacità portante della fondazione a striscia sopra questa stratigrafia. I parametri che sono stati considerati in questi modelli sono sia geometrici che di resistenza.
Dopo l'analisi numerica si è elaborata un'equazione che lega capacità portante e tutti i parametri.
Oltre alla parte 2D si è studiata un'applicazione pratica 3D. Con Plaxis 3D si sono calcolati modelli rappresentanti un bulldozer su un pendio in sabbia sopra un deposito di terreno a grana fine.
Anche per questa applicazione si è elaborata un'equazione per ricavare la capacità portante.
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Avila, Iana Carmem de Souza e. Silva. "Caracterização preliminar do subsolo da área urbana de Boa Vista-RR, a partir de sondagens de simples reconhecimento." Universidade Federal de Roraima, 2007. http://www.bdtd.ufrr.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=40.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorO trabalho foi desenvolvido na área urbana de Boa Vista, as variáveis estudadas foram: altitude, nível da água e limite de sondagem objetivando a caracterização preliminar do subsolo de Boa Vista, através de sondagens de simples reconhecimento. Foram utilizados 75 pontos dos quais 47 do banco de dados da empresa A.P. Engenharia e RC engenharia nos anos de 1994 à 2007 e mais 28 dados levantados durante a pesquisa. Foi realizado a análise multivariada para o conhecimento de padrões não supervisionados as técnicas de Análise de Componentes Hierárquicos confirmados pela Análise de Componentes Principais. Com isto foram identificadas 3 Zonas para a Cidade de Boa Vista: Menos Vulneráveis; Zona 1 - englobando somente o bairro Cidade Satélite e Zona 3 - os bairros Aquilino da Mota Duarte, bairro Centro e seu transecto até o bairro Caçari, bairro Caçari e bairro Paraviana.; Mais vulneráveis: Zona 2 - todos os bairros localizados após o limite da BR 174, sentido leste, com exceção do Bairro Aquilino da Mota Duarte e os bairro entre a BR 174, Centro, Caçari e Paraviana. A média do Nível de água (NA) da cidade foi de 6,3m, os bairros com maior curva de nível se enquadraram nos bairros de menos vulnerabilidade; nos pontos Cecília Brasil, Cel Mota, Ig Mirandinha, Av Gen Sampaio registraram NA na superfície; o solo mais resistente foi o ponto Centro SEFAZ, no bairro Centro com limite de sondagem de 1,1m, o solo com menor resistência foi o ponto BR 174 localizado em área de cerrado após a ponte do Cauamé. Após a determinação das zonas menos e mais vulneráveis foi realizada uma análise de granulometria para representar cada zona, que classificou o material do ponto mais vulnerável como areia franca e franco arenoso e para o ponto representante da zona menos vulnerável apresentou a classificação do material como franco argilo arenoso e franco arenoso
Considering all the urban construction of Boa Vista, the following variables had been studied: altitude, water level and limit of probing, objectify the preliminary characterization of the subsoil of Boa Vista through probing of simple recognition. Had been used 75 point whose 47 were from the data base of the company A.P Engineering and RC engineering in the year of 1994 to the 2007 and more 28 data raise during the research. Was accomplished the analysis of multivary for the knowledge of standard not supervised according to the technique of Analysis of Hierarchic Component confirm by the Analysis of the Major result. With this 3 Zones for the City of Boa Vista had been identified: Less Vulnerable; Zone 1 - only englobando the Cidade Satelite districts and Zone 3 - the Aquilino da Mota Duarte districts, Centro districts and its transecto until the Caçari districts , Caçari districts and Paraviana districts; More vulnerable: Zone 2 - all the districts located after the limit of BR 174, felt east, with exception of the Aquiline districts of the Mota Duarte and the districts between BR 174, Center, Caçari and Paraviana. The average of the water Level (In) of the city was of 6,3m, the districts with bigger curve of level if they had fit in the districts of little vulnerability; in the points Cecília Brasil, Cel Mota, Ig Mirandinha, Av Gen Sampaio they had registered In the one in the surface; the ground most resistant was the point Center SEFAZ, in the Center districts with limit of sounding of 1,1m, the ground with lesser resistance was located point BR 174 in area of after closed the bridge of the Cauamé. After the determination of the zones and less vulnerable was carried through a granulometria analysis to represent each zone, that classified the material of the point more vulnerable as frank sand and frank arenaceous and for the representative point of the zone less vulnerable it presented the classification of the material as frank argilo arenaceous and frank arenaceous
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Fletcher, William. "Potential Replacement of the US Navy's Rapid Penetration Test with the Method of Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/841.
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The United States Navy (USN) currently utilizes a Rapid Penetration Test (RPT) on both land and in water as the means to determine whether sufficient soil bearing capacity exists for piles in axial compression, prior to construction of the Elevated Causeway System (Modular) [ELCAS(M)] pile-supported pier system. The USN desires a replacement for the RPT because of issues with the method incorrectly classifying soils as well as the need to have a less labor-and-equipment-intensive method for geotechnical investigation.
The Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) method is selected herein as the potential replacement for the RPT. The MASW method is an existing, geophysical method for determining soil properties based upon the acquisition and analysis of seismic surface waves used to develop shear wave velocity profiles for the soils at specific sites. Correlations between shear wave velocity and Cone Penetration Testing are utilized to classify soils, develop pile blow count estimates, and calculate soil bearing capacity.
This researcher found that the MASW method was feasible and reliable in predicting the required properties for terrestrial sites. However, it was not successful in predicting those properties for underwater marine sites due to issues with equipment and field setup. Future areas of improvement are recommended to address these issues and, due to the success of the method on land, it is expected that once the issues are addressed the MASW method will be a reliable replacement for the RPT method across the entire subaerial and subaqueous profile.
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Masada, Teruhisa. "Structural performance of profile-wall plastic pipes under relatively shallow soil cover and subjected to large surface load." Ohio : Ohio University, 1996. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1174611925.
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Hassan, Zehtab Kaveh. "An Assessment Of The Dynamic Properties Of Adapazari Soils By Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Tests." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612228/index.pdf.
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Among the hard-hit cities during 17 August 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake (Mw 7.4), Adapazari is known for the prominent role of site conditions in damage distribution. Since the strong ground motion during the event was recorded only on a rock site, it is necessary to estimate the response of alluvium basin before any study on the relationship between the damage and the parameters of ground motion. Therefore, a series of site and laboratory tests were done on Adapazari soils in order to decrease the uncertainty in estimation of their dynamic properties. In downtown Adapazari, a 118 m deep borehole was opened in the vicinity of heavily damaged buildings for sample recovery and in-situ testing. The stiffness of the soils in-situ is first investigated by standard penetration tests (SPT) and by velocity measurements with P-S suspension logging technique. Disturbed samples were recovered by core-barrel and split-barrel samplers. 18 Thin-Walled tubes were successively used for recovering undisturbed samples. A series of monotonic and cyclic direct simple shear tests were done on specimens recovered from the Thin-Walled tubes. It is concluded that the secant shear modulus and damping ratio of soils exposed to severe shaking during the 1999 event are significantly smaller than those estimated by using the empirical relationships in literature. It is also observed that the reversed-S shaped hysteresis loops are typical for cyclic response of the samples.
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Ozkahriman, Fatma. "Cpt Based Compressibilty Assessment Of Soils." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605144/index.pdf.
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One of the most critical problems geotechnical engineers face with is the determination of the amount of consolidation settlement that will occur at a site as a result of the construction of a structure. The compressibility behavior of the soil is an important parameter in determining the amount of consolidation settlement.
The goal of this study is to develop probabilistically based correlation between the compressibility behavior of soil and in-situ test data. Within the scope of this research effort, performed CPT tests and the recorded settlement case histories where consolidation settlements at the field under various surcharge loads were compiled from the Bursa East and West Waste Water Treatment Plant soil investigation projects. A database was composed of the results of 45 CPT and 57 settlement plate recordings. For the compilation of this database, a series of finite difference
software FLAC-3D analyses were carried out to calculate the change in stress distribution under the settlement plates. A maximum likelihood framework was used for the development of compressibility behavior of soils.
As a result of careful processing of available data, the cone tip resistance (qc), soil behavior type index (Ic) were selected as two important parameters effecting the value of the one-dimensional constraint modulus, M. The regression
analysis which uses the settlement values recorded at the site and those computed using the change in the stress distribution, the thickness of the sublayers and the
proposed one-dimensional constraint modulus were carried out to calculate the values of these model parameters. Two correlations based on the cone tip resistance and soil behavior type index were developed for the computation of the one-dimensional constraint modulus, M.
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Hosseini, Sadr Abadi Hamid. "Identificiation in-situ des sols liquéfiables par pénétromètre statique cyclique : modélisations physiques et numériques." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAI078.
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L’identification des sols liquéfiables et le comportement de sols face aux sollicitations cycliques représentent des défis important en géotechnique. Différents essais, en laboratoire ou in-situ,sont utilisés pour évaluer ce phénomène. Le groupe Equaterre, en particulier, développe un pénétromètre statique à pointe cyclique qui permet d’imposer une variation cyclique de la force sur la pointe, par le biais de tiges centrales coulissantes, et de mesurer les déformations qui en résultent. Ceci permet d’accéder directement à la réponse du sol en place, et potentiellement de mettre en évidence une tendance à la liquéfaction ou à la mobilité cyclique. Cette thèse comporte deux parties principales: modélisation physique en chambre de calibration et modélisation numérique.La modélisation physique consiste à réaliser des tests de faisabilité de la méthode développée par Equaterre en chambre de calibration au sein de laboratoire 3SR Grenoble. Les tests en chambre de calibration ont été réalisés sur du sable de Fontainebleau, avec deux états de densité moyennement dense et lâche. Des tests CPTU et pénétromètre cyclique Equaterre ont été réalisés dans ces deux situations. Les résultats ont montré le bon potentiel de cette méthode pour identifier le risque de la liquéfaction.La modélisation numérique repose sur un couplage entre la méthode des éléments discrets(DEM) pour la phase solide et une méthode de volumes finis définis à l’échelle des pores (méthode PFV) pour l’écoulement interne. La géométrie de révolution est exploitée pour réduire le domaine modélisé à un quart du problème, et une gradation des tailles de particules en fonction de la distance à la pointe est également mise en oeuvre pour réduire le nombre totale de particules (et donc les temps de calcul) tout en maintenant une discrétisation fine au voisinage immédiat de la pointe. Deux types de matériaux, dense et lâche, sont simulés et pour chacun on analyse la réponse mécanique pour le cas sec et pour le cas saturé, sous chargement monotone et cyclique. L’analyse des réponses en terme de force et de pression intersticielle montre un bon accord qualitatif avec les résultats en en chambre de calibration.Mots clés: Pénétromètre statique cyclique; Chambre de calibration; Liquéfaction de sol; Méthode des éléments discrets (DEM); Méthode de volumes finis à l’échelle des pores (PFV)The identification of liquefiable soils and the behaviour of soils in response to cyclic stresses are important challenges in geotechnical engineering. Various laboratory and in-situ tests are used to evaluate this phenomenon. The Equaterre group, in particular, is developing a static penetrometer with a cyclic tip that allows a cyclic variation of the force to be imposed on the tip by means of sliding central rods and the resulting deformations to be measured. This provides direct access to the response of the soil in place, and potentially highlights a tendency towards liquefaction or cyclic mobility. This thesis has two main parts: physical modeling in a calibration chamber and numerical modeling.Physical modelling consists in carrying out feasibility tests of the method developed by Equaterre in a calibration chamber in the 3SR Grenoble laboratory. The tests in the calibration chamber were carried out on Fontainebleau sand, with two states of medium density and loose. CPTU tests and Equaterre cyclic penetrometer were performed in both situations. The results showed the good potential of this method to identify the risk of liquefaction.Numerical modelling is based on a coupling between the discrete element method (DEM) for the solid phase and a finite volume method defined at pore scale (PFV method) for internal flow. The geometry of revolution is used to reduce the modelled domain to a quarter of the problem, and a gradation of particle sizes according to the distance to the tip is also implemented to reduce the total number of particles (and therefore the computation times) while maintaining a fine discretization in the immediate vicinity of the tip. Two types of materials, dense and loose, are simulated and for each one the mechanical response is analyzed for the dry case and for the saturated case, under monotonous and cyclic loading. The analysis of the responses in terms of force and interstitial pressure shows a good qualitative agreement with the results in the calibration chamber.Keywords: Static cyclic penetrometer; Calibration chamber; Soil liquefaction; Discrete element method (DEM); Pore-scale finite volume method (PFV)
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Talbot, Michael H. "Dynamic Cone Penetration Tests for Liquefaction Evaluation of Gravelly Soils." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7542.
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Dynamic Cone Penetration Tests for LiquefactionEvaluation of Gravelly SoilsMichael H. TalbotDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, BYUDoctor of PhilosophyIn North American practice, the Becker Penetration Test (BPT) has become the primary field test used to measure penetration resistance of gravelly soils. However, this test is expensive and uncertainties exist regarding correlations and corrections for rod friction. As an alternative, the dynamic penetration test (DPT) developed in China has recently been correlated with liquefaction resistance in gravelly soils. The DPT equipment consists of a 74 mm diameter cone tip driven by a 120 kg hammer with a free fall height of 100 cm using 60 mm drill rod to reduce friction. The DPT is a very rugged, economical device, capable of penetrating dense gravel layers. During DPT field investigations following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, liquefaction resistance was correlated with DPT blow count.Dynamic Cone Penetration tests (DPT) tests were also performed adjacent to Becker Penetration test (BPT) sites at Pence Ranch, Whiskey Springs, and Larter Ranch in Idaho where gravel liquefaction was observed during the 1983 Mw6.9 Borah Peak earthquake. Companion DPT tests were performed using an automatic hammer at two energy levels, namely the energy specified in the original Chinese standard and the energy typical of SPT testing which would be easier to use in practice. Companion testing was undertaken to determine if the cone could be driven in gravelly soil with more standard drilling equipment available to geo-professionals. The second energy level also offers the potential to provide more resolution on the soil layering. PDA measurements were made to determine the energy transferred to the cone rods and the statistical variation in the energy transferred.Additionally, companion DPT tests were undertaken at the downstream toe of Millsite Dam near Ferron, Utah, where gravelly soils are predicted to liquefy in an earthquake. Two energy levels were used, one using an automatic hammer and the other a manual donut hammer. The blow counts from the BPT and DPT correlated reasonably well for gravels using the automatic hammer, but poor correlation was obtained with the donut hammer. Liquefaction resistance for the BPT and DPT soundings were also in reasonable agreement for gravel layers suggesting that the DPT can provide liquefaction hazard evaluations more economically than the BPT using direct correlations with field performance.Correlations suggest that the standard energy corrections developed for the SPT can be used for the DPT. In general, the liquefaction resistance from the BPT and DPT correlated reasonably well when using the 30% probability of liquefaction resistance curve developed for the DPT.Keywords: Michael H Talbot, liquefaction, Chinese dynamic penetration test, gravelly soils.
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Sangtian, Note. "Miniature piezocene tests and effects of smear due to vertical penetration in layered soils." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2001. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10261/.
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Knowledge of the soil profile is necessary for ground engineering projects and piezocones are widely used in situ test devices that can supply some of this knowledge. This thesis describes an investigation of the performance of a specific piezocone when used in thinly layered soil. A miniature piezocone, with a cross sectional area of 1 cm2, was driven at a speed of 20mm/sec into artificial layered soil samples that were constructed in the laboratory and consolidated under a vertical pressure in a 254mm diameter test cell. The layered samples contained alternating layers of pre-consolidated Speswhite kaolin clay about 20mm thick and layers of more permeable, silty or sandy soil about 2mm thick. The pore pressure filter of the piezocone was located either at the cone tip or cone shoulder. During driving, the cone resistance and pore pressure responses were recorded at a rate of at least 200 readings/sec. Once the piezocone was stopped, in a clay layer, the dissipation of excess pore water pressure was monitored. In terms of the pore pressure response, though not the cone resistance, the piezocone was able to detect the more permeable layers located between the clay layers. Both dilation and localised drainage in the more permeable layers, deformed during penetration, could have significantly influenced the pore pressure responses. Despite the proximity of permeable layers, values of the coefficient of consolidation obtained from pore pressure dissipation at the piezocone tip agreed fairly well with values obtained independently during unloading or reloading of the clay in one-dimensional consolidation tests. At the cone shoulder, the permeable layers had some influence and larger values were obtained. The layered soil samples used for piezocone testing were also used for investigating the effects of soil disturbance, or "smear", caused by vertical penetration of objects with different sectional shapes in the context of permeability measurement and soil drainage. A mandrel carrying a vertical drain, either circular (23.5mm diameter) or rectangular (50x6.5mm) in section, was driven into the centre of the soil sample at a speed of 5mm/sec. The effects of smear were evaluated by performing radial flow permeability tests in which pressure distributions across sample were recorded. The effect of smear increased substantially as the permeability of the more permeable layers increased, but only when it exceeded the permeability of the clay by a factor of about 100. For a given layer combination, the rectangular drain always produced a significantly smaller smear effect than the circular drain.
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Žaržojus, Gintaras. "Analysis of the results and it influence factors of dynamic probing test and interrelation with cone penetration test data in Lithuanian soils." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20101230_093807-41798.
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The object of the thesis is soils that occur within the territory of Lithuania and may be used as basis for building foundations. The thesis studies the interpretation of the results of Dynamic Penetration Test (DPT) and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) of soils, reliability of direct (number of blows (Nx)) and de-rivative (dynamic point resistance (qd)) DPT parameters, analyses the result influencing factors and interrelation between DPT and CPT parameters. The data analysis has been performed by means of mathematical methods of statistics, also using analytical and empirical solutions. Having examined calculation data it was determined that the indirect parameter of Dy-namic Penetration Test – dynamic point resistance (qd) should not be used due to calculation de-faults and replaced with the direct parameter – number of blows (Nx). The analysis of DPT re-sults influencing factors shows that the lateral overburden pressure together with friction of rods are those with the greatest impact on penetration data. Within the scope of the work, it has re-vealed that the number of blows (Nx) and static cone resistance (qc) are closely correlated and it depends on the grain size distribution of soil, geotechnical properties and depth of occurrence.Disertacijos objektas yra Lietuvos teritorijoje slūgsantys gruntai, kurie gali būti statinių pamatų pagrindu. Disertacijoje nagrinėjama grunto tyrimo dinaminiu (DPT) ir statiniu (CPT) zondavimu rezultatų interpretacija, tiesioginio (smūgių skaičiaus (Nx)) ir išvestinio (dinaminės kūgio smigos (qd)) DPT rodiklių patikimumas, analizuojami rezultatus įtakojantys veiksniai ir sąsajos tarp DPT bei CPT zondavimo rodiklių. Duomenų analizė atlikta matematiniais statistiniais metodais, taip pat panaudojant analitinius ir empirinius sprendinius. Išnagrinėjus skaičiavimo duomenis buvo nustatyta, kad netiesioginis dinaminio zonda-vimo rodiklis – dinaminė kūgio smiga (qd) dėl skaičiavimo trukumų yra nenaudotinas ir keisti-nas į tiesioginį rodiklį – smūgių skaičių (Nx). DPT rezultatus įtakojančių veiksnių analizė paro-dė, kad zondavimo duomenims didžiausią įtaką turi gruntų šoninis geostatinis slėgis ir kartu zondavimo štangų trintis į gruntą. Darbo metu buvo gauta, kad egzistuoja tamprus koreliacinis ryšys tarp smūgių skaičiaus (Nx) ir statinės kūgio spraudos (qc), kuris priklauso nuo grunto gra-nuliometrinės sudėties, mechaninių savybių ir slūgsojimo gylio.
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Lobo, Bianca de Oliveira. "Mecanismos de penetração dinâmica em solos granulares." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/24717.
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Ensaios de penetração dinâmica são ferramentas de investigação geotécnica de fácil execução e baixo custo. Estas características tornaram o ensaio SPT na técnica de investigação mais utilizada em diversos países como Canadá, Estados Unidos, Japão e principalmente, no Brasil. Em contrapartida, a penetração dinâmica de amostradores produz um complexo mecanismo de reação do solo, função da energia entregue ao sistema e da capacidade de absorção desta energia pelo próprio solo. Na prática de engenharia, este mecanismo é simplificado através do uso de abordagens empíricas. Pesquisas na década de 1970, realizadas por Schmeertmmann & Palacius (1979) e Schmertmmann (1979), avaliaram a energia inserida no sistema haste-amostrador objetivando a padronização do ensaio SPT para diferentes equipamentos e procedimentos. Pesquisas recentes de interpretação do ensaio utilizam conceitos de conservação de energia e trabalho realizado pelo amostrador ao penetrar no solo, visando equacionar a resistência mobilizada (eg. Oderebrecht, 2003; Odebrecht et al, 2005; Schnaid, 2005). Na presente pesquisa, são utilizados os conceitos de conservação de energia, associados com equações de equilíbrio dinâmico e com a teoria de expansão de cavidades (Vésic, 1972) para desenvolver uma rotina de simulação numérica capaz de modelar os principais mecanismos de reação do solo devido cravação de um amostrador. A partir da validação da rotina de simulação numérica para ensaios dinâmicos de distintas geometrias (ensaios SPT, ILPT, NALPT e RLPT), avalia-se a variabilidade da energia entregue ao solo devido às diferenças de compacidade do solo, eficiência do golpe, geometria do martelo, tipo e comprimento da composição de hastes. Destas simulações, é possível observar as diferenças de resultados entre ensaios de distintas geometrias de martelo e composição de hastes, concluindo-se que pequenas variações geométricas produzem diferenças no índice de resistência à penetração. Como conseqüência, sugere-se que a interpretação dos resultados depende de um método racional de análise capaz de incorporar estes efeitos à estimativa de propriedades de comportamento de solos. Na identificação dos mecanismos de ruptura para solos de diferentes compacidades foram desenvolvidas duas metodologias que permitem estimar a resistência ao cisalhamento de solos granulares a partir do índice de resistência à penetração medida em ensaios de penetração dinâmica. A primeira metodologia utiliza a rotina de simulação numérica desenvolvida através de uma análise do Problema do valor inverso, enquanto a segunda proposta utiliza os pressupostos do Teorema de Buckingham no estabelecimento de uma solução analítica que permita estimar o ângulo de atrito de pico de materiais granulares. As duas alternativas foram validadas através de estudo de casos, permitindo concluir que as soluções produzem estimativas de ângulo de atrito realistas, de mesma ordem de magnitude que outras abordagens difundidas no meio técnico e compatíveis com resultados de ensaios de campo e laboratório.Dynamic penetration tests are simple, economic and easily performed geotechnical investigation tools. Due to these general characteristics, the test has been used systematically in many countries such as Canada, United States, Japan and Brazil. Despite the attractive conditions of performing a simple test, dynamic penetration of a any tool into a soil mass produces a complex soil reaction mechanism that depends on the energy delivered to the soil, as well as the capability of the soil to absorb this energy. Given this complexity a simple approach of interpreting the test by using empirical correlations has prevailed. In 1970, Schmeertmmann & Palacius (1979) and Schmertmmann (1979) develop the first rational methodology to compute the energy delivered to the rod-sampler system that has been incorporated to engineering practice by normalizing different practices in terms of a reference energy. Most recent researches of SPT test interpretation make uses of energy concepts and work to compute the mobilized soil-resistance due to the sampler penetration (e.g. Oderebrecht, 2003; Odebrecht et al, 2005; Schnaid, 2005). In present research these recent approaches are extended through the use of energy concepts associated with dynamic equilibrium equations and cavity expansion theory (Vésic, 1972). Constitutive equations have been incorporated to a numerical simulation routine able to reproduce the some of the most important processes of soil reaction during dynamic in cohesionless soil. The model validation for different dynamic penetration test geometries (SPT, ILPT, NALPT and RLPT) enabled the energy delivered to soil to be evaluated and the effects of soil density, blow efficiency, hammer geometry, rod type and length to be assessed. From a number of simulations, it was possible to describe the differences related typical geometrical changes (i.e. hammer length, rod cross section and length). Conclusions from the analysis are that small geometrical changes in hammer and rod characteristics - typically observed in different SPT practices - produce differences into the measured blow count. As consequence, it is suggested that interpretation of dynamic penetration test results will depend on a model capable of incorporating all these effects when attempting to derive soil constitutive parameters. This is one of the outputs of the present study that lead to the development of two rational methodologies to assess the internal friction angle of cohesionless soils from dynamic penetration blow count. The first one uses the numerical simulation routine as a Inverse Boundary Value problem while the second one uses the Buckingham’s Theorem to develop an analytical equations that correlates the N-SPT with the soil shear strength. Both methodologies have been validated by a series of case studies designed to demonstrate that the proposed solution produces friction angle values of the same order of magnitude of other approaches and compatible to measurements produced by laboratory and in situ tests.
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Pauly, Nicole M. "Thermal Conductivity of Soils from the Analysis of Boring Logs." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3614.
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Recent interest in "greener" geothermal heating and cooling systems as well as developments in the quality assurance of cast-in-place concrete foundations has heightened the need for properly assessing thermal properties of soils. Therein, the ability of a soil to diffuse or absorb heat is dependent on the surrounding conditions (e.g. mineralogy, saturation, density, and insitu temperature). Prior to this work, the primary thermal properties (conductivity and heat capacity) had no correlation to commonly used soil exploration methods and therefore formed the focus of this thesis.
Algorithms were developed in a spreadsheet platform that correlated input boring log information to thermal properties using known relationships between density, saturation, and thermal properties as well as more commonly used strength parameters from boring logs. Limited lab tests were conducted to become better acquainted with ASTM standards with the goal of proposing equipment for future development.
Finally, sample thermal integrity profiles from cast-in-place foundations were used to demonstrate the usefulness of the developed algorithms. These examples highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of present boring log data quality leaving room for and/or necessitating engineering judgment.
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Shamsabadi, Pegah Jarast. "Numerical and Physical Modeling of Cone Penetration in Unsaturated Soils and Numerical Simulation of Fracture Propagation in Shale Rock during Brazilian Test." Thesis, University of New Hampshire, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10622976.
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Partially water saturated condition in soils may change the cone penetration resistance comparing with that of dry or saturated conditions. This effect was investigated in this study using numerical finite element modeling and experimental centrifuge testing. The results showed suction in unsaturated soil significantly influenced the soil resistance to cone penetration. Two approaches were implemented to numerically consider the partially saturated soil condition; i.e. modifying simple constitutive models using an apparent cohesion strategy and implementing Barcelona Basic Model for unsaturated soils. Both successfully captured the cone resistance profiles inside a calibration chamber and also in free field. In addition, details of developing a miniature cone setup capable of for cone penetration inside geotechnical centrifuge was explained. Further, the use of Linear Softening Cohesive Model (LCFM) to predict the fracture growth in shale rocks during Brazilian Test was examined. The application and importance of considering two different compressive and tensile elastic modulus and soil anisotropy during the fracture modeling of shales were demonstrated.
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Lau, Chi Keung. "Scale effects in tests on footings." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245006.
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This dissertation presents an investigation of the effects of stress, and of absolute and relative particle size, in tests on vertically loaded footings. Two granular materials, namely, a silica rock flour and a Chatelet flint grit, which differed in nominal diameter by a factor of 50 but were otherwise practically similar in all other grain characteristics were used in this work. A comprehensive series of triaxial tests under a wide range of cell pressures was carried out to quantify the stress and absolute particle size effects. Model footing tests were also performed by pushing a rigid circular punch axisymmetrically into the flat surface of a cylindrical soil model either under 1-g (gravity) with surcharge or under elevated g in a centrifuge. The 1-g and centrifuge test series were used to study the scale effects on the surcharge term Ng and the self-weight term Nγ of the Terzaghi bearing capacity equation, respectively. Parameters varied were punch diameter, particle size and surcharge or g level. Two theoretical analyses were attempted based on the finite element method and the method of characteristics. Using the Schofield Soil Model, the finite element analysis can give a reasonable order of magnitude prediction for the settlement of the footing under working load conditions. When the effect of reducing angle of shearing with increasing stress was taken into account together with the change of geometry due to footing penetration, the angles of shearing inferred from the method of characteristics fall within ±20 of those measured in triaxial compression tests. Distortion due to violating the scaling law by not conserving the ratio of particle size to model dimension was not considered to be significant. Distortion due to violating the constitutive soil behaviour by varying the absolute particle size was found to be significant due to differences in grain crushing, but this can be accounted for effectively by the new style of calculations developed in the thesis.
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Quintero, Natalia M. "Validation of the Enhanced Integrated Climatic Model (EICM) for the Ohio SHRP Test Road at U.S. 23." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1195142855.
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Colet, Marcelo Jose. "Alteração de atributos fisicos de um solo, sob pastagem degradada, submetido a escarificação." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257167.
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Orientadores: Claudio Bianor Sverzut, Luiz Antonio DanielDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola
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Resumo: O uso intensivo do solo, associado ao emprego de práticas de manejo inadequadas, implica em sua degradação. Este problema é de comum ocorrência em áreas de pastagens, onde usualmente o produtor prioriza investimentos no rebanho, negligenciando o manejo do solo. Nessas áreas, a compactação do solo pode ser considerada uma das principais causas de limitação da capacidade de produção da forrageira. Várias técnicas podem ser utilizadas para romper camadas compactadas do solo, dentre elas a escarificação. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as alterações ocorridas em atributos físicos de um solo sob pastagem mediante sua escarificação, visualizando a recuperação de pastagens degradadas. Para tal, implementou-se um experimento em uma área de Brachiaria decumbens no Instituto de Zootecnia em Nova Odessa (SP), utilizando um protótipo de máquina agrícola desenvolvido na Feagri/Unicamp, que permite a escarificação do solo e distribuição de corretivos simultaneamente. O efeito da escarificação do solo foi avaliado pela resistência do solo à penetração, determinada com um penetrógrafo hidráulico eletrônico, e pelos atributos físicos macroporosidade, microporosidade, porosidade total e densidade do solo, em avaliação aos 60 dias após instalação do experimento. A escarificação do solo propiciou o aumento da macroporosidade e da porosidade total e, redução da densidade do solo nos 100 milímetros superficiais, quando observados na entrelinha da passagem do escarificador, porém, não afetou as propriedades macroporosidade, microporosidade e densidade do solo na profundidade de 100-200 milímetros. Para a condição deste experimento, a escarificação do solo provocou uma leve compactação logo abaixo da profundidade de trabalho, evidenciada pela redução na macroporosidade. A metodologia de análise da área sob a curva possibilitou comparar estatisticamente a resistência do solo à penetração. A escarificação do solo reduziu os valores de resistência do solo à penetração, evidenciada de forma estatisticamente significativa quando comparados pela metodologia de análise da área sob a curva de resistência
Abstract: The intensive use of the soil combined with inadequate management practices leads to soil degradation. This problem is common with pasturelands, where the farm manager specializes in animal husbandry, and not in soil management. Soil compaction in such areas can be considered as one of the main limitations to forage production capability. Several techniques may be applied to break through compacted soil layers, and scarification is one of them. The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes to soil physical properties in pasture areas after scarification, aiming at the recovery of degraded pasturelands. The experiment was set up at the Zootechny Institute in Nova Odessa (SP) on a Brachiaria decumbens field. The machine used in the study was a prototype developed at Feagri/Unicamp for simultaneous soil scarification and fertilizer distribution. The effect of scarification on the soil was evaluated by soil resistance to penetration with an electronic hydraulic penetrographer, and by the physical attributes of macroporosity, microporosity, total porosity and soil density 60 days after setup. Scarification increased soil macro and total porosity, and reduced soil density on the top 100 mm, observed between scarification rows. Macroporosity, microporosity and soil density was not affected in the depth of 100-200 mm. Scarification caused a slight compaction immediately below the work-depth, made evident by the higher macroporosity in this section of the soil. The methodology of analyzing the area below the resistance curve allowed the statistical comparison of soil resistance to penetration. This methodology showed that scarification caused statistically significant reduction of the figures on soil resistance to penetration
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