In Situ Characterization of Soils for Prediction of Stress Strain Relationship of Soft Clay.
Abstract
An electrical method of characterizing fine grained soils is described. A nondestructive method of determining the stress-strain behavior of fine grained soils is developed based on this fundamental characterization of soils. A bounding surface plasticity model is used for the prediction of stress-strain behavior. Correlations are established relating the bounding surface model parameters to the appropriate electrical parameters. In situ prediction of stress-strain behavior of fine grained soils can be made by determining the electrical properties using an in situ measuring technique in a non-destructive manner and obtaining the required bounding surface model parameters from the correlations established. The feasibility of applying this methodology for predicting the stress-strain behavior is demonstrated based on a limited number of laboratory experiments performed on normally consolidated fine grained soils. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 10, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA131650
Entities
People
- A. Anandarajah
- K. Arulanandan
- L. R. Herrmann
- Y. F. Dafalias
Organizations
- University of California, Davis