Probabilistic Description of a Clay Site using CPTU tests

Sarah Andersen, Kristoffer Lauridsen, Benjaminn Nordahl Nielsen, Lars Bo Ibsen

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Abstract

A clay site at the harbour of Aarhus, where numerous cone penetration tests have been conducted, is assessed. The upper part of the soil deposit is disregarded, and only the clay sections are investigated. The thickness of the clay deposit varies from 5 to 6 meters, and is sliced into sections of 1 meter in thickness. For each slice, a map of the variation of the undrained shear strength is created through Kriging and the probability of finding weak zones in the deposit is calculated. This results in a description of the spatial variation of the undrained shear strength at the site. Making a geotechnical assessment of a site, using both the method for classifying soil behaviour types and applying statistics, yield a new level of information, and certainty about the estimates of the strength parameters which are the important outcome of such a site description.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelNGM 2012 Proceedings : Proceedings of the 16th Nordic Geotechnical Meeting
Antal sider6
Vol/bind1
ForlagDansk Geoteknisk Forening
Publikationsdato2012
Sider55-60
ISBN (Trykt)978-87-89833-27-9
StatusUdgivet - 2012
BegivenhedThe Nordic Geotechnical Meeting - Copenhagen, Danmark
Varighed: 9 maj 201212 maj 2012
Konferencens nummer: 16

Konference

KonferenceThe Nordic Geotechnical Meeting
Nummer16
Land/OmrådeDanmark
ByCopenhagen
Periode09/05/201212/05/2012

Bibliografisk note

Proceedings published in 2 volumes
Benjaminn Nielsens name is misspelled in the article

Emneord

  • Site Investigation
  • Clays
  • Shear Strength
  • CPTU

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