PREDICTION OF SOIL PROPERTIES FROM SIMPLE INDICES

The Indiana geotechnical data bank has been established to collect geotechnical information from the subsurface investigation reports of various geotechnical projects previously conducted in the State. The data bank is user oriented, simple to use, and flexible to accommodate further change as the requirements of users become more clearly defined. Statistical operations on the data, varying from generation of sample distribution parameters of soil characteristics to correlation efforts among variables, are done to aid in evaluating information from new sites or in approximating geotechnical information for preliminary investigations. Correlations between simple soil indices and soil characteristics and properties that are costly to measure directly are discussed. Significant relations were developed for compressibility parameters under sustained loading and for compaction parameters under repeated transient loadings. Little success was achieved in predicting strength parameters from simple indices. The study establishes relations between soil characteristics, which may be valuable in preliminary studies. The information does not replace fuller site investigation, sampling, and testing but does produce a framework against which various test results can be judged for their consistency and reliability. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Lo, Y-K
  • Lovell, C W
• Conference:
  • 61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1982-1-18 to 1982-1-22
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 43-49
• Monograph Title: Overconsolidated clays: shales
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 873
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Compressibility; Data banks; Forecasting; Geotechnical engineering; Indexes (Information management); Properties of materials; Repeated loads; Soils; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371328
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309034027
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM