Site Investigation Database for Geophysical and Geotechnical Data Collected on a USCS SM Soil Type
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
ABSTRACT
Engineers need to know the strength of soil to support current and future infrastructure, that is, roads and buildings, to determine if the infrastructure will persist or fail. Geophysical tests offer a nondestructive standoff method that can be used to characterize and monitor soil properties. To begin this process, a database of geophysical and geotechnical values for common geotechnical soil types is needed to aid in site characterization. This project’s research goal was to record, collect, and share experimental geophysical and geotechnical data for publication in a reference database with Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) soil types. We performed geophysical field tests, near the Pemigewasset River near Bristol, NH, on unfrozen soil utilizing seismic methods, ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography, electromagnetic induction, standard penetration tests (in progress), and boreholes (in progress) to obtain laboratory samples and ground truthing. We are compiling a database, to aid researchers and engineers when characterizing site soils from ground response information and provide a base dataset for modeling soil behavior.
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