At-Rest Lateral Stress Coefficient in Sands from Common Field Methods
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
A new relationship for estimating the in situ at-rest lateral stress coefficient () in sands consisting predominantly of silica particles is derived in this technical note using the calibration chamber test results reported in the literature. Variables in the relationship, in order of significance, are overconsolidation ratio, dilatometer horizontal stress index, and normalized cone tip resistance. Values of in situ estimated with the new relationship generally compare well with determined from self-boring pressuremeter tests. Estimates of in Pleistocene sands are, on average, about 10% higher than in Holocene sands.
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Acknowledgments
Field testing at the South Carolina sites was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under grant number CMS–0556006. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The writers also thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments, which have greatly improved this technical note.
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Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Jul 7, 2015
Accepted: Apr 19, 2016
Published online: Jul 11, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 11, 2016
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