ACCEPTANCE SPECIFICATION OF COMPACTED SOILS
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FAILURE PROBABILITY OF LINEAR ELASTIC HETEROGENEOUS EMBANKMENTS IS REPORTED, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR INCORPORATING THOSE RESULTS INTO ACCEPTANCE SPECIFICATIONS. FAILURE IS DEFINED IN TERMS OF DEFORMATIONS. UNCERTAINTIES IN THE SOIL STIFFNESS INCLUDE THE SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY AND THE UNCERTAINTY RESULTING FROM LIMITED SAMPLING DURING THE INSPECTION PROCESS. THE RESULTS GIVE A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF THE FAILURE PROBABILITY AS INFLUENCED BY THE EMBANKMENT HEIGHT AND SLOPE ANGLE, THE SLOPE GEOMETRY, THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE SOIL STIFFNESS, POISSON'S RATIO, THE NUMBER OF SAMPLES TAKEN DURING THE INSPECTION, AND THE MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF THE MEASUREMENTS TAKEN DURING THE INSPECTION. A HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF THE RESULTS, WHICH CAN BE TABULATED FOR EASY FIELD USE. THE INFLUENCE OF NEGLECTING THE SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY OF THE SOIL PROPERTIES IN ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED.
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Authors:
- Kraft Jr, Leland M
- Yeung, Jimmy Yew-Hang
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Conference:
- 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 21-33
- Monograph Title: Soil compaction and corrugations
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 438
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Deformation; Embankments; Failure; Inspection; Performance based specifications; Properties of materials; Soils; Specifications; Stiffness
- Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
- Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215665
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309021693
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM