Study of in-situ test methods in deltaic silt

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Alternative title	Etude des méthodes d'essai in-situ dans un limon deltaique
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Author	Search for: Konrad, J. M.; Search for: Bozozuk, M.¹; Search for: Law, K. T.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Conference	11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, August 12, 1985, San Francisco, California, United States
Subject	clay soils; estuaries; silt; soil tests; clayey silt; soil strengths; pressuremeter measurements; vane shear strengths; dilatometer measurements; horizontal stresses; rigidity index; piezocone test; cone penetration rate effect
Abstract	A comprehensive in-situ testing program using a field vane, electric cone penetrometer with friction sleeve and piezometer tip, dilatometer and a self-boring pressuremeter, was carried out in deltaic clayey silt of low plasticity, below 15 m of sand. Soil strengths measured with the pressuremeter were 62% more than the vane shear strengths which in turn were greater than those measured with the dilatometer. In-situ horizontal stresses measured with the pressurementer provided an average K0 = 0.56. It also provided a measure of the rigidity index used to study the piezocone results. The present study revealed that empirical correlations developed for clay soils were not directly applicable to the clayey silt formation. Rate effect during cone penetration differed also from that generally observed in clays.
Publication date	1985
In	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, August 12, 1985, San Francisco, California, United States 2 (1985): 879–886.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
Identifier	IRC-P-1325
NRC number	NRCC 25042 NRC-IRC-340
NPARC number	20375082
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