Estimation of in-situ clay strengths using marine sediment penetrators
Conference
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OSTI ID:6679315
A method has been developed to calculate soil shear strengths from the measured decelerations of a free-fall penetrator. The method is easy to apply, and appears to yield accurate estimates of in-situ soil strength over a wide variety of soil conditions, and for many different sizes and weights of penetrators. For gassy and/or sensitive soils, the method may yield strength values more accurate than those determined by conventional boring, sampling, and laboratory testing.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6679315
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-80-2655C; CONF-810412-3
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on recent advances in geotechnical earthquake and soil dynamics, St Louis, MO, USA, 26 Apr 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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