IN-SITU AND LABORATORY TESTS ON GLACIAL CLAYS AT REDCAR

A comparison has been made of the undrained shear strength and moduli of two types of glacial clays determined from laboratory tests, pressuremeter tests, cone penetration tests and deep plate loading tests on 865 mm diameter plates. These show that both the laboratory tests and the small field tests can considerably overestimate the operational shear strength of soil as determined by the large plate tests. The operational moduli determined from the plate tests are, however, several times higher than those determined by both laboratory and pressuremeter tests. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Building Research Establishment

  Building Research Station, Garston
  Watford WD2 7JR, Hertsford,   England 
• Authors:
  • Marsland, A
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Cone penetrometers; Field tests; Glacial soils; Instruments for measuring loads or pressure; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Plate bearing test; Pressiometric probes; Pressure gages; Shear strength; Strength of materials; Test procedures; Undrained shear strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pressiometer
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 6178: Cone penetrometer; 4011: Glacial; 6226: In situ; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 6279: Plate bearing test; 6128: Pressiometer; 5531: Shear; 5544: Strength (mater); 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156478
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Curr Paper CP65/76 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM