CONE PENETRATION OF PARTIALLY SATURATED SANDS

A laboratory study of cone penetration through partiallly saturated sand was conducted. A new method for preparing specimens at various degrees of saturation, which utilizes pressure release from previously carbonated water, is described. In closed water systems, where capillary tensions increase effective confining pressures, penetration resistance was significantly higher than in either dry or saturated conditions. Conversely, in closed-gas systems the penetration resistance was slightly lower than at full saturation.

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• Authors:
  • Hryciw, R D
  • Dowding, C H
• Publication Date: 1987-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 135-141
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 0149-6115
  • EISSN: 1945-7545
  • Serial URL: https://www.astm.org/products-services/standards-and-publications/geotechnical-testing-journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capillarity; Cone penetrometers; Confining pressure; Laboratory studies; Penetration resistance; Sand; Saturated soils
• Old TRIS Terms: Capillary phenomena
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475166
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1987 12:00AM