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The Pressuremeter and its Marine Applications: Second International Symposium
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The Pressuremeter and its Marine Applications: Second International Symposium
By
J-L Briaud
J-L Briaud
1Civil Engineering Department,
Texas A&M University
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College Station, TX 77843 Symposium cochairman and editor
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7020 Portwest Drive, Suite 150 Houston, TX 77024 Symposium cochairman and editor
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ISBN-10:
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506
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Publication date:
1985
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Conventional Parameters from Pressuremeter Test Data: Review of Existing Methods

By
GY Felio
GY Felio
1Dr. Felio is
assistant professor
in the Department of Civil Engineering,
University of California
,
Los Angeles, CA 90024
. Dr. Briaud is
associate professor
in the Civil Engineering Department,
Texas A&M University
,
College Station, TX 77843
.
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JL Briaud
JL Briaud
1Dr. Felio is
assistant professor
in the Department of Civil Engineering,
University of California
,
Los Angeles, CA 90024
. Dr. Briaud is
associate professor
in the Civil Engineering Department,
Texas A&M University
,
College Station, TX 77843
.
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    1985

The solution for the expansion of an infinitely long cylindrical cavity in a soil mass, based on given constitutive laws, allows to obtain “conventional” soil parameters such as the undrained shear strength or the angle of internal friction based on pressuremeter test results. The pressuremeter test also allows to obtain adequate values of the in-situ horizontal stress in the soil when proper insertion of the probe (little disturbance) is achieved. The existing methods to obtain these parameters are discussed for preboring and selfboring pressuremeter units.

Keywords:
pressuremeter, in-situ horizontal stress, undrained shear strength, cohesion, angle of internal friction

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