Site Characterization of a Tropical Soil by In Situ Tests

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2018-07-01

Site Characterization of a Tropical Soil by In Situ Tests

Palabras clave:

characterization, tropical soils, CPT, SDMT, seismic tests (en)
caracterización del suelo, suelos tropicales, CPT, SDMT, ensayos sísmicos (es)

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Breno Padovezi Rocha University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6534-0482
Heraldo Luiz Giacheti São Paulo State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7999-0956

Resumen (en)

This paper compiles experimental site characterization of an unsaturated tropical soil profile in an experimental research site in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. Several in situ campaigns comprised geophysical borehole tests (cross-hole, down-hole and up-hole together with the SPT), as well as mechanical tests (SPT, CPT and SDMT) have been performed. There is an unsaturated sandy soil at the studied site and, according to the MCT Classification System for tropical soils, the first 13 m depth is a colluvium with lateritic soil behavior (LA’) over the residual soil with non-lateritic behavior (NA’). The ratio between seismic (G_o) and mechanical (q_n, N₆₀, E_D, K_D and M_DMT) parameters was useful to identify the existence of microstructure and to confirm unusual soil behavior for this tropical soil site. CPT and SDMT were efficient for detailed stratigraphic logging, however, the estimative of geotechnical parameters cannot be solely been done base on just conventional correlations defined for sedimentary soil.

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