DYNAMIC PENETRATION RESISTANCE AND THE PREDICTION OF THE COMPRESSIBILITY OF A FINE-GRAINED SAND - A LABORATORY STUDY

Dynamic penetration tests, such as the standard penetration test, are widely used in conjunction with empirical or ad hoc relationships to determine the compressibility of granular soil under foundations. This paper reviews those factors which control the compressibility of sand, and those which are thought to influence dynamic penetration resistance. The results of a laboratory study of the compressibility and dynamic penetration resistance of an uniform fine sand at a single density are presented. It is shown that while the compressibility of the sand is strongly dependent on its previous stress path, and is relatively unaffected by its current stress level, dynamic penetration resistance is strongly influenced by current stress level and is unaffected by stress path. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • CLAYTON, CRI
  • Hababa, M B
  • SIMONS, N E
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 19-31
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressibility; Dynamic penetration test; Forecasting; Granular soils; Laboratory studies; Penetration resistance; Sand; Soil penetration test; Stresses
• Old TRIS Terms: Stress path
• ITRD Terms: 5905: Compressibility; 6296: Dynamic penetration test; 132: Forecast; 4105: Sand; 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451369
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:57PM