Hydraulic conductivity measurement from on-the-fly uCPT sounding and from VisCPT

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1720-1729

  Sung Lee, Dae ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^b   Hryciw, Roman ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone penetration tests; Hydraulic conductivity; Measurement; Saturated soils; Soil permeability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; MEASUREMENTS; PORE PRESSURE; SOILS; TESTING; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONE PENETRATION TESTS; CONE RESISTANCES; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; GRAIN SIZE CORRELATIONS; LOCAL PRESSURES; MONITORING SITES; PARTIALLY DRAINED; PERMEAMETER TESTS; PERMEAMETERS; PRESSURE RATIOS; SATURATED SOILS; SLEEVE FRICTIONS; SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS; SOIL PERMEABILITY; STEADY STATES; TAPERED TIPS; UNDRAINED BEHAVIORS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; CORRELATION; DILATION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 56449106687     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:12(1720)     Document Type: Article

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