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Table List of Tests Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering

1) The table compares the applicability and usefulness of various in situ tests for measuring soil parameters in different ground types. 2) It shows that tests like the piezocone (CPTU) and seismic cone penetration test (SCPT) are highly applicable for measuring parameters like pore pressure, friction angle, and shear strength across most soil and ground types. 3) Tests like the standard penetration test (SPT) and vane shear test are also useful but have more limited applicability, depending on the specific soil parameter and ground type.

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Table List of Tests Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering

1) The table compares the applicability and usefulness of various in situ tests for measuring soil parameters in different ground types. 2) It shows that tests like the piezocone (CPTU) and seismic cone penetration test (SCPT) are highly applicable for measuring parameters like pore pressure, friction angle, and shear strength across most soil and ground types. 3) Tests like the standard penetration test (SPT) and vane shear test are also useful but have more limited applicability, depending on the specific soil parameter and ground type.

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Table 1.

1 Applicability and usefulness of in situ tests


Soil parameters Ground type
Soil Hard Soft
Group Device type Profile u *0 cu ID mv cv k Go h OCR Rock Rock Gravel Sand Silt Clay Peat
Penetrometers Dynamic C B C C C C C C B A B B B
Mechanical B A/B C C B C C C C C C A A A A
Electric (CPT) B A C B A/B C B B/C B C C A A A A
Piezocone (CPTU) A A A B B A/B B A/B B B B/C B C C A A A A
Seismic (SCPT/ A A A B A/B A/B B A/B B A B B B C A A A A
SCPTU)
Flat Dilatometer B A C B B C B B B B C C C A A A A
(DMT)
Standard Penetration A B C C B C C C B A A A A
Test (SPT)
Resistivity Probe B B B C A C C A A A A
Pressuremeters Pre-Bored (PBP) B B C B C B C B C C C A A B B B A B
Self boring (SBP) B B A1 B B B B A1 B A2 A/B B A/B2 B B B A B
Full displacement B B C B C C C A2 C C C C B B A A
(FDP)
Others Vane B C A B/C B A B
Plate load C C B B B C C A C B B B A B B A A A
Screw plate C C C B B B C C A C B A A A A
Borehole C A B A A A A A A A B
permeability
Hydraulic fracture B C C B B B C A C
Crosshole/downhole/ C C A B A A A A A A A
surface seismic
Applicability: A High, B Moderate, C Low, None
1
only when pore pressure sensor fitted, 2 only when displacement sensor fitted *0 will depend on soil type
Soil parameter definition: u in situ pore pressure; 0 effective internal friction angle, cu undrained shear strength, mv coefficient of volume compressibility
cv coefficient of consolidation, k coefficient of permeability, G0 shear modulus at small strains; OCR over consolidation ratio h horizontal stress
stress-strain relationship; ID density index

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