SCREW PLATE AND CONE PENETROMETER AS A FIELD TESTING SYSTEM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

The screw plate test has been found to be useful for establishing drained and undrained strength and compressibility parameters for soils. This paper outlines results of correlations between the screw plate test and the cone penetrometer in a variety of soil types in South Australia. The results have indicated that, in general, the level of reliability associated with ratios such as e/qc is low for both drained and undrained conditions. It is suggested that the cone may be used to great advantage in parallel with the screw plate to establish on-site correlations. Once established from relatively few screw plate tests these correlations may be extended throughout the site using a wider program of cone penetration tests. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (Author/TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Mitchell, P W
  • Kay, J N
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 913-915
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compressibility; Cone penetrometers; Conferences; Correlation analysis; Field tests; Reliability; Soil tests; Strength of materials; Undrained strength
• Old TRIS Terms: Screw-plates
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466313
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM