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Embankment Testing with the Menard Pressuremeter

T. W. Smith / R. E. Smith / D. W. Sathre

The testing and analysis of data from the investigation of three high embankments with the Menard Pressuremeter is reported. The pressuremeter is a rubber-walled hydraulic cell device for the in-place testing of soils. A method of estimating shearing strength based on test data is proposed. Estimates of embankment strengths in terms of parameters analogous to angle of internal friction and cohesion and values of a stress-strain modulus are given for the embankments tested. It is concluded that the particular device is somewhat limited in practicality, in its present form, for embankment investigations. However, it demonstrated the feasibility of in-place testing, and provides the basis for further development. (BPR abstract)

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Embankment Testing with the Menard Pressuremeter

T. W. Smith / R. E. Smith / D. W. Sathre

The testing and analysis of data from the investigation of three high embankments with the Menard Pressuremeter is reported. The pressuremeter is a rubber-walled hydraulic cell device for the in-place testing of soils. A method of estimating shearing strength based on test data is proposed. Estimates of embankment strengths in terms of parameters analogous to angle of internal friction and cohesion and values of a stress-strain modulus are given for the embankments tested. It is concluded that the particular device is somewhat limited in practicality, in its present form, for embankment investigations. However, it demonstrated the feasibility of in-place testing, and provides the basis for further development. (BPR abstract)

Embankment Testing with the Menard Pressuremeter

T. W. Smith / R. E. Smith / D. W. Sathre

The testing and analysis of data from the investigation of three high embankments with the Menard Pressuremeter is reported. The pressuremeter is a rubber-walled hydraulic cell device for the in-place testing of soils. A method of estimating shearing strength based on test data is proposed. Estimates of embankment strengths in terms of parameters analogous to angle of internal friction and cohesion and values of a stress-strain modulus are given for the embankments tested. It is concluded that the particular device is somewhat limited in practicality, in its present form, for embankment investigations. However, it demonstrated the feasibility of in-place testing, and provides the basis for further development. (BPR abstract)

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Title:

Embankment Testing with the Menard Pressuremeter

Contributors:

T. W. Smith (author) / R. E. Smith (author) / D. W. Sathre (author)

Publication date:

1968

Size:

58 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Soil & Rock Mechanics , Civil Engineering , Roads , Pressure gages , Foundations(Structures) , Soils , Friction , Compressive properties , Stresses , Rubber , Strain(Mechanics) , Deformation , Stability , Design , Test methods , Graphs(Charts)

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