Use of fall cone test as measurement of shear strength for soft clay materials
Use of fall cone test as measurement of shear strength for soft clay materials
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DOI:
10.1016/j.sandf.2012.07.002
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发表时间:
2012-08
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Hiroyuki Tanaka;H. Hirabayashi;T. Matsuoka;H. Kaneko
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作者:
Hiroyuki Tanaka;H. Hirabayashi;T. Matsuoka;H. Kaneko
A fall cone test (FCT) was carried out to obtain the undrained shear strength (su), and to measure the sensitivity (St) of intact and remolded samples from several sites in Japan. The value ofsufrom FCT was compared with half of the unconfined compression strength (qu/2), which is a standard way to evaluatesufor practical design in Japan. It is found thatsufrom FCT is neither related withqu/2 nor used directly as a design value.Stwas also obtained by field and laboratory vane tests. A comparison study revealed thatStby FCT is as much as 10 times larger than that by the field vane. The large difference inStmeasured by different testing methods can be attributed to remolding methods. That is, the remold condition for FCT was created by kneading the sample in a plastic bag by hand, while in the field vane, the ground was remolded by 30 turns of the vane blade. This indicates that the degree of the reduction in strength caused by the turn of the vane blade is less significant than that caused by remolding by kneading.