GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING CIRCULAR NO. 5: EVALUATION OF SOIL AND ROCK PROPERTIES

This document presents state-of-the-practice information on the evaluation of soil and rock properties for geotechnical design applications. This document addresses the entire range of materials potentially encountered in highway engineering practice, from soft clay to intact rock and variations of materials that fall between these two extremes. Information is presented on parameters measured, evaluation of data quality, and interpretation of properties for conventional soil and rock laboratory testing, as well as in situ devices such as field vane testing, cone penetration testing, dilatometer, pressuremeter, and borehole jack. This document provides the design engineer with information that can be used to develop a rationale for accepting or rejecting data and for resolving inconsistencies between data provided by different laboratories and field tests. This document also includes information on: (1) the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Personal Data Assistance devices for the collection and interpretation of subsurface information; (2) quantitative measure for evaluating disturbance of laboratory soil samples; and (3) the use of measurements from geophysical testing techniques to obtain information on the modulus of soil. Also included are chapters on evaluating properties of special soil materials (e.g., loess, cemented sands, peats and organic soils, etc.) and the use of statistical information in evaluating anomalous data and obtaining design values for soil and rock properties. An appendix of three detailed soil and rock property selection examples is provided which illustrate the application of the methods described in the document.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40554
• Corporate Authors:

  GeoSyntec Consultants

  1100 Lake Hearn Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30342-1523

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Engineering, Bridge Division, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sabatini, P J
  • Bachus, R C
  • Mayne, P W
  • Schneider, James A
  • Zettler, T E
• Publication Date: 2002-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 398 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data quality; Field tests; Geographic information systems; Geotechnical engineering; Laboratory tests; Modulus; Personal digital assistants; Rocks; Soils; State of the practice
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00979946
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-IF-02-034
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-94-C-00099
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 5 2004 12:00AM