The design applications of the preboring pressurerreter (PBPMI) test include: shallow foundations under vertical loads, deep foundations under vertical and horizontal loads, ground anchors, cantilever drilled shaft walls and anchored bulkheads, pavements, ground improvement and compaction control. The preboring pressuremeter (PBPMI') test is of little use in slope stability analysis and in conventional active and passive earth pressure problems although there is potential for future development in the earth pressure problem area.
The cone penetrometer test consists of pushing a series of cylindrical rods with a cone at the base into the soil at a constant rate of 2 cm/sec. Cont...
A dilatometer test consists of pushing a flat blade located at the end of a series of rods. once at the testing depth, a circular steel membrane locat...
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