This paper presents a program of direct shear tests in soil reinforced with geogrids, carried out with large-scale equipment. A woven geogrid was placed in sandy soil and positioned with different inclinations inside the shear box. The
strength parameters of the soil-geogrid interface were obtained from shear tests with the geogrid positione...
This paper presents statistical correlations between the static Young modulus Es and the normalized SPT penetration resistance N60 (corresponding to 60% of the theoretical energy of the SPT test) for preliminary estimation of settlements in sedimentary sands. The cor...
View ArticleCorrelations between CPT and SPT in sands are presented in this paper for different sand densities. Such proposition is based on the experience obtained with the use of piezocone whose penetration in sands occurs commonly
under drained condition. The SPT penetration, on the other hand, is much faster, occurring under a partially drained cond...
The lecture attempts to highlight the insights late Victor De Mello provided on some key areas. Considering the increasing role of the geophysical methods in the geotechnical site characterization, the writer focuses on the use of in-hole geophysical methods when assessing, bot... View Article
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