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http://dx.doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2017.16.2.055

Evaluation on Partially Drained Strength of Silty Soil With Low Plasticity Using CPTU Data  

Kim, Ju-Hyun (Department of Civil Engineering, Dongshin University)
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Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society / v.16, no.2, 2017 , pp. 55-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
The standard piezocone penetration rate of 2 cm/s is proposed in specifications regardless of soil type. However, conditions of standard Piezo Cone Penetration (CPTU) Testings in silty soils with low plasticity vary from undrained to partially drained or fully drained penetration conditions. The partially drained shear strengths of Incheon, Hwaseong and Gunsan silty soils were estimated from the analysis results of the distributions of CPTU-based shear strengths. The CPTU-based shear strengths were compared between the undrained shear strength line and the fully drained shear strength line, which were determined from approximately ${\varphi}^{\prime}=3^{\circ}$ and ${\varphi}^{\prime}=15^{\circ}$, respectively. The internal friction angles obtained from the back analysis and UU-tests tended to increase with decreasing plasticity index, which range approximately from ${\varphi}^{\prime}=2^{\circ}$ to ${\varphi}^{\prime}=14^{\circ}$. The results matchs well with CPTU-based estimation results.
Keywords
Partially drained shear strength; Silty soil; Low plasticity; CPTU data; Cone factor;
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