Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
27 May 2010, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Abstract
This study employed the field measurements of flat dilatometer test (DMT) and cone penetration test (CPT) presented by a recent study (Tsai et al. 2009) and additional DMT and CPT data conducted in this present study to examine the existing DMT-based liquefaction evaluation methods. Specifically, the DMT and CPT were conducted side-by-side at each of six in-situ sites and thus it is feasible to incorporate those test results into validating the existing DMT-based methods such as Grasso and Maugeri (2006), Monaco et al. (2005), and Rena and Chameau (1991). The DMT parameter, horizontal stress index (KD), is used as an indicator for assessing liquefaction resistance of soils. The analysis results revealed that the existing KD-based liquefaction evaluation methods would overestimate CRR of soils, which leads to overestimate the factor of safety against liquefaction. Also, the estimation of DMT-KD values by using the CPT-qc as well as the correlation between DMT-KD and CPT-qc proposed by the previous studies would be significantly less than field measurements of DMT-KD. However, it should be noted that it is desirable to incorporate more field measurements to further verify this finding.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Kung, Gordon Tung-Chin; Lee, Der-Her; and Tsai, Pai-Hsiang, "Examination of Existing DMT-Based Liquefaction Evaluation Methods by Side-by-Side DMT and CPT Tests" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 21.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session04/21
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Examination of Existing DMT-Based Liquefaction Evaluation Methods by Side-by-Side DMT and CPT Tests
San Diego, California
This study employed the field measurements of flat dilatometer test (DMT) and cone penetration test (CPT) presented by a recent study (Tsai et al. 2009) and additional DMT and CPT data conducted in this present study to examine the existing DMT-based liquefaction evaluation methods. Specifically, the DMT and CPT were conducted side-by-side at each of six in-situ sites and thus it is feasible to incorporate those test results into validating the existing DMT-based methods such as Grasso and Maugeri (2006), Monaco et al. (2005), and Rena and Chameau (1991). The DMT parameter, horizontal stress index (KD), is used as an indicator for assessing liquefaction resistance of soils. The analysis results revealed that the existing KD-based liquefaction evaluation methods would overestimate CRR of soils, which leads to overestimate the factor of safety against liquefaction. Also, the estimation of DMT-KD values by using the CPT-qc as well as the correlation between DMT-KD and CPT-qc proposed by the previous studies would be significantly less than field measurements of DMT-KD. However, it should be noted that it is desirable to incorporate more field measurements to further verify this finding.
