CORRELATION BETWEEN STANDARD PENETRATION TEST VALUES AND OVERBURDEN PRESSURE FOR DESERT SANDS

The influence of the effective overburden pressure on the standard penetration test (SPT) values in calcareous desert sands in examined by field tests. A simple field testing procedure is proposed and employed in Kuwait at five sites having different relative densities for the surface soils. The correction factors for the SPT are determined from test results and compared with the most reliable correlations for clean silica sand.

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  National Research Council of Canada

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• Authors:
  • Ismael, N F
  • Jeragh, A M
  • Khalidi, O A
  • Mollah, M A
• Publication Date: 1988-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 590-594
• Serial:
  • CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Research Council of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Correlation analysis; Deserts; Field tests; Overburdens; Sand; Soil penetration test
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476894
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM