Properties of soil in the San Fernando hydraulic fill dams
Results are presented of extensive field and laboratory tests on soils from two old hydraulic fill dams that were damaged during the Feb. 9, 1971, San Fernando earthquake. The data include standard penetration, absolute and relative compaction, relative density, static strength, and cyclic triaxial test results for both the hydraulic fill silty sand and the natural silty and gravelly sand alluvium. The relative densities of the hydraulic fills ranged from about 51 to 58 percent and the relative compaction ranged from about 85 to 92 percent of Modified AASHO maximum density. The relative density of the alluvium was about 65 to 70 percent. Other properties were consistent with previously published data from other similar soils at similar densities.
- OSTI ID:
- 6586747
- Journal Information:
- J. Geotech. Eng. Div., Am. Soc. Civ. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 101:GT8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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