Evaluation of Cone Penetration Test-Based Settlement Prediction Methods for Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soils at Highway Bridge Construction Sites
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 129, Issue 10
Abstract
The cone penetration test (CPT) method is gaining popularity in the United States as one of the premier subsurface exploration techniques. The writers previously monitored settlement behavior of spread footing foundations at five highway bridge construction sites in Ohio and evaluated the standard penetration test-based settlement prediction methods in light of the field performance data. The authors recently conducted CPT sounding at these bridge sites. In this paper, settlement behavior of five spread footings resting on cohesionless soils at two sites were predicted with the CPT-based settlement prediction methods proposed by Amar, DeBeer, Meyerhof, and Schmertmann. The results showed that the prediction methods by Schmertmann and DeBeer were both conservative but reasonably reliable in predicting the settlement of shallow foundations observed in the field.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 129 • Issue 10 • October 2003
Pages: 900 - 908
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Received: May 3, 2002
Accepted: Nov 7, 2002
Published online: Sep 15, 2003
Published in print: Oct 2003
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