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Pressuremeter tests in sands

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The Paper is concerned with the use of a self-boring pressuremeter to obtain in situ measurements of the properties of sands. A brief description of the instrument and of its method of operation is given. A review of the interpretation of pressuremeter tests in sand is presented and a new interpretation is described in which allowance is made for the volume change that occurs in sand when it is sheared. It is assumed that the stress–dilatancy theory is valid, and that sand fails with a constant ratio of principal stresses. The analysis allows a value for the angle of internal friction φ′ and a value for the angle of dilatation ν to be determined. Experimental results of tests in sand at the Wash and in the hydraulic fill at the Kernick dam are presented; the resulting values of φ′ are compared with those deduced from cone penetration tests and triaxial tests. Values of shear modulus G and in situ horizontal stress σ′h are also measured and reported. L‘étude a pour l'objet l'utilisation du pressiomètre auto-foreur afin d'obtenir des mesures in situ des propriétés de sables. Une courte description de l'instrument et de son mode d'emploi est donée. Une analyse concernant l'interprétation des essais pressiométriques dans le sable est présentée, et une nouvelle interprétation est décrite dans laquelle est pris en compte le changement de volume qui se produit dans le sable après cisaillement. Il est montré que la théorie ‘contrainte–dilatance’ est juste et que lorsque le sable se rompt le rapport entre les contraintes principales reste constant. L'analyse permet la détermination des valeurs pour l'angle de frottement interne φ′ et du coefficient de Poisson ν. Les résultats d'essais effectués dans le sable près du Wash et dans le remblai hydraulique du barrage de Kernick sont présentés. Les valeurs de φ′ obtenues de cette façon sont comparées avec celles déduites à partir des essias de pénétration au cône et d'essais triaxiaux. On a en plus mesuré et présenté des valeurs pour le module de cisaillement G et pour la contrainte horizontale.
Title: Pressuremeter tests in sands
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The Paper is concerned with the use of a self-boring pressuremeter to obtain in situ measurements of the properties of sands.
A brief description of the instrument and of its method of operation is given.
A review of the interpretation of pressuremeter tests in sand is presented and a new interpretation is described in which allowance is made for the volume change that occurs in sand when it is sheared.
It is assumed that the stress–dilatancy theory is valid, and that sand fails with a constant ratio of principal stresses.
The analysis allows a value for the angle of internal friction φ′ and a value for the angle of dilatation ν to be determined.
Experimental results of tests in sand at the Wash and in the hydraulic fill at the Kernick dam are presented; the resulting values of φ′ are compared with those deduced from cone penetration tests and triaxial tests.
Values of shear modulus G and in situ horizontal stress σ′h are also measured and reported.
L‘étude a pour l'objet l'utilisation du pressiomètre auto-foreur afin d'obtenir des mesures in situ des propriétés de sables.
Une courte description de l'instrument et de son mode d'emploi est donée.
Une analyse concernant l'interprétation des essais pressiométriques dans le sable est présentée, et une nouvelle interprétation est décrite dans laquelle est pris en compte le changement de volume qui se produit dans le sable après cisaillement.
Il est montré que la théorie ‘contrainte–dilatance’ est juste et que lorsque le sable se rompt le rapport entre les contraintes principales reste constant.
L'analyse permet la détermination des valeurs pour l'angle de frottement interne φ′ et du coefficient de Poisson ν.
Les résultats d'essais effectués dans le sable près du Wash et dans le remblai hydraulique du barrage de Kernick sont présentés.
Les valeurs de φ′ obtenues de cette façon sont comparées avec celles déduites à partir des essias de pénétration au cône et d'essais triaxiaux.
On a en plus mesuré et présenté des valeurs pour le module de cisaillement G et pour la contrainte horizontale.

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