Abstract
The standard penetration test (SPT) is the in situ test most commonly used to investigate the properties of silt, clay, sand and fine gravel. The Menard pressuremeter test (PMT) can be utilized to obtain the strength and deformation properties of any soil or weak rock. The study investigated the relationship between the corrected SPT blow count (N cor) and the PMT parameters of elastic modulus (E m) and limit pressure (p L). It is concluded that for the soils tested, E m and p L can be estimated as a function of N cor values, with r = 0.91 and 0.97, respectively.
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L’essai SPT (Standard Penetration Test) est l’essai in situ le plus couramment utilisé pour analyser les propriétés de silts, d’argiles, de sables et de graviers fins. L’essai pressiométrique Ménard peut être utilisé pour obtenir les caractéristiques de déformabilité et de résistance de tout type de sol ou de roche tendre. L’étude s’est intéressée aux relations entre d’une part, l’indice SPT corrigé N cor et d’autre part, les paramètres pressiométriques: le module pressiométrique E M et la pression limite p L. On conclut que, pour les sols testés, E M et p L peuvent être estimés en fonction de N cor, avec respectivement des coefficients de corrélation r = 0,91 et r = 0,97.
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The authors would like to thank the Municipality of Gumusler County in the City of Denizli for financial support that made this research available.
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Yagiz, S., Akyol, E. & Sen, G. Relationship between the standard penetration test and the pressuremeter test on sandy silty clays: a case study from Denizli. Bull Eng Geol Environ 67, 405–410 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-008-0153-2
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