Strength measurement for near-seabed surface soft soil using manually operated miniature full-flow penetrometer / Han Eng Low in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, Vol. 136 N° 11 (Novembre 2010)  

Strength measurement for near-seabed surface soft soil using manually operated miniature full-flow penetrometer [texte imprimé] / Han Eng Low, Auteur ; Mark F. Randolph, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1565-1573.
Géotechnique
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 136 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 1565-1573

Mots-clés :	Clays Penetrometers Penetration resistance Shear strength Cyclic tests
Index. décimale :	624.1 Infrastructures.Ouvrages en terre. Fondations. Tunnels
Résumé :	A manually operated penetrometer (DMS) fitted with cylindrical (T-bar) and ball penetrometer tips was developed for measuring the profiles of undisturbed and remolded undrained shear strength within box-core samples. This paper summarizes the findings of a series of miniature penetrometer tests and vane shear tests that were carried out on reconstituted clay from a local site in Western Australia. The aim of the tests was to evaluate the potential of the DMS in characterizing the shear strength of seabed surficial sediments. It was found that the DMS gave essentially identical T-bar and ball penetration resistances but these were up to 17% lower than the net cone resistance. From the comparison between the T-bar and ball penetration resistance and the shear strengths measured from vane shear tests, average N factors of 11 and 14 were obtained for intact and fully remolded conditions, respectively. The test results suggest that the DMS is a reliable and efficient means of obtaining intact and remolded shear strength profiles.
DEWEY :	624.1
ISSN :	1090-0241
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