Undrained Anisotropic Monotonic Behavior of Sand from In Situ Tests
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 1
Abstract
A procedure for estimating the undrained stress-strain behavior of sand from drained self-boring pressuremeter and seismic piezocone penetration tests is proposed in this paper. The procedure offers an inexpensive alternative to laboratory testing and avoids the uncertainty of the empirical methods based on index measurements such as the Standard Penetration Test blow count and the tip resistance in a Piezocone Penetration Test (CPTU). To check its validity, the proposed procedure was used to infer the undrained triaxial stress-strain curves and the results were compared with laboratory triaxial tests on undisturbed samples. The undrained limit equilibrium stability of a dike was also assessed using the inferred stress-strain behavior to illustrate the usefulness of the procedure. The result of the stability analysis was found to be in qualitative agreement with the observed performance of the dike during a recent field experiment attempting to trigger static liquefaction.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 1 • January 2002
Pages: 85 - 91
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 11, 1999
Accepted: Mar 28, 2001
Published online: Jan 1, 2002
Published in print: Jan 2002
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