Geotechnical Engineering

Identification of soil layer boundaries using mechanical layered method base on piezocone penetration test data

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  • 1. Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu210096, China; 2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Engineering & Environmental Safety, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China

Received date: 2015-07-07

  Online published: 2018-06-05

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0800201), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41672294) and the Jiangsu Province Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (BK20140027).

Abstract

To identify boundaries of homogeneous soil layers is critical to geotechnical design. The piezocone penetration test (CPTU) data are often used for soil classification, boundaries identification, property evaluation, etc. Statistical methods for soil boundary identification are developed to detect the boundaries of the homogeneous soil layers based on CPTU data. To generate intra-class correlation coefficient index, i.e. RI statistics and Bartlett statistics, it is necessary to perform statistical analysis on CPTU data with intra-class correlation method and modified Bartlett statistic test respectively. The boundaries of homogeneous soil are identified by mechanical layered method using critical RI statistic and critical modified Bartlett test statistic for homogeneity test of soil layers. The CPTU data in three construction sites are assessed to identify boundaries of homogeneous soil layers with the proposed methods. The results compared with the results of the soil classification layered method show that the mechanical layered method can discriminate all primary boundaries decided by the soil classification layered method, and reveal potential secondary soil boundaries.

Cite this article

LIN Jun, CAI Guo-jun, LIU Song-yu, ZOU Hai-feng, . Identification of soil layer boundaries using mechanical layered method base on piezocone penetration test data[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2017 , 38(5) : 1413 -1423 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2017.05.024

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