Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay

A series of subsurface investigation (SI) works including in-situ and laboratory tests has been carefully planned and carried out for the electrified double track embankment design. From the SI data collected, a consistent layer of 15m soft clay was found at Tokai, Kedah. The soft clay has imposes g...

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spelling my-utm-ep.483842017-08-02T07:14:45Z Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay 2014 Lim, Boon Lin QE Geology A series of subsurface investigation (SI) works including in-situ and laboratory tests has been carefully planned and carried out for the electrified double track embankment design. From the SI data collected, a consistent layer of 15m soft clay was found at Tokai, Kedah. The soft clay has imposes great challenges to the design work by engineer when understanding on this problematic soil is limited. This study exposes the reader to some of the physical properties and compressibility characteristic of the soft clay at Tokai, Kedah. Design of embankment over soft soil is often examined in the undrained behavior. Thus, correlations on the undrained shear strength, Su of soft clay with respect to in-situ test such as piezocone and standard penetration test are carried out in this research to enable the prediction of Su without details laboratory test. Furthermore, comparisons of the established correlations are done by comparing with the existing correlations by other researchers in order to access the suitability of those correlations on the investigated soft clay 2014 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48384/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
topic QE Geology
spellingShingle QE Geology
Lim, Boon Lin
Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
description A series of subsurface investigation (SI) works including in-situ and laboratory tests has been carefully planned and carried out for the electrified double track embankment design. From the SI data collected, a consistent layer of 15m soft clay was found at Tokai, Kedah. The soft clay has imposes great challenges to the design work by engineer when understanding on this problematic soil is limited. This study exposes the reader to some of the physical properties and compressibility characteristic of the soft clay at Tokai, Kedah. Design of embankment over soft soil is often examined in the undrained behavior. Thus, correlations on the undrained shear strength, Su of soft clay with respect to in-situ test such as piezocone and standard penetration test are carried out in this research to enable the prediction of Su without details laboratory test. Furthermore, comparisons of the established correlations are done by comparing with the existing correlations by other researchers in order to access the suitability of those correlations on the investigated soft clay
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Lim, Boon Lin
author_facet Lim, Boon Lin
author_sort Lim, Boon Lin
title Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
title_short Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
title_full Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
title_fullStr Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
title_full_unstemmed Correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
title_sort correlation of undrained shear strength with in-situ testing for soft clay
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate 2014
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