IN-SITU DEFORMABILITY VS WEATHERING OF A GRANITE ROCK IN BARCELONA (SPAIN)

Within the work of geotechnical investigation for the design of a new line of the Barcelona subway, a test shaft 17 M deep was excavated through a weathering profile of the granitic rock which is the substratum of the soil succession. As it was desired to assess the rock deformability as a function of its degree of weathering, several plate bearing tests were carried out at different depths. The total number of tests carried out consisted of 16 load plates in the horizontal and 5 in the vertical direction. The testing techniques are described, displaying the values of the deformation modulus versus the rock weathering and the direction of load application. The number of covering abstract of the congress is TRIS no. 385148. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Fifth International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Melbourne, Australia, 1983, Volume 1, Theme A.
• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000

  Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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  Carlton, Victoria  Australia  3053
• Authors:
  • Romana, M
  • Simic, D
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 93-99
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Deformation; Field tests; Granite; Loads; Modulus; Modulus of deformation; Modulus of elasticity; Plate bearing test; Rocks; Test procedures; Tunnels; Weathering
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 5595: Deformation; 4101: Granite; 6226: In situ; 5567: Load; 5919: Modulus of elasticity; 6279: Plate bearing test; 4154: Rock; 8105: Spain; 6288: Test method; 3374: Tunnel; 5281: Weathering
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 90 6191 237 7
• Report/Paper Numbers: BOOK
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM