SENSING SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN GROUND MASSES: VOLUME I, BORE HOLE SHEAR, EARTH SETTLEMENT, AND EARTH PENETROMETER PROBES

This research involves an analysis of three in situ testing methods for possible use in tunnel design in soft ground. These three in situ testing methods, the Bore Hole Shear (BHS), Bore Hole Earth Settlement (BESA) and Bore Hole Electronic Earth Penetrometer (BEEP) are in various stages of refinement. All show promise as practical methods of obtaining soil engineering data in a bored hole. The BHS is presently in commercial production. The BEEP requires only additional instrument research design to become manufacturable, and the BESA requires additional applied research and correlation testing prior to final design and manufacture. This is the first of five volumes. Volume 2, FHWA/RD-81/110, Subtitle: "Pressuremeter;" Volume 3, FHWA/RD-81/111, Subtitle: "Vane Shear and Cone Piezometer;" Volume 4, FHWA/RD-91/112, Subtitle: "Static Penetrometers;" and Volume 5, FHWA/RD-81/113, Subtitle: "Dutch Cone Penetrometer;" will be published when they become available by the end of 1982. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Soil Systems, Incorporated

  525 Webb Industrial Drive
  Marietta, GA  United States  30062

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fox, N S
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 164 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Field tests; Ground settlement; Mechanical properties; Penetrometers; Sensors; Shear strength; Soft soils; Structural design; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ground; Tunnel design
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349171
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-81-109 Final Rpt., FCP 35B2-572
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9362
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM