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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/3069| Title: | Standard penetration test and relative density |
| Authors: | United States. Army Materiel Command. Melzer, Klaus-Jurgen |
| Keywords: | Soil penetration tests Soils testing Soil tests Penetration resistance Penetrometers Sands Soil properties Soil mechanics Soil moisture Relative density Soil density |
| Publisher: | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; M-71-1. |
| Description: | Miscellaneous Paper Abstract: Since ground water greatly influences penetration resistance of soil, an empirical relation was established between the number of blows applied in the standard penetration test to sand below ground-water level and the corresponding number applied to air-dry sand at the same relative density. Also, since the number of blows was found to depend not only on the relative density but also on the compactibility and the grain size of the penetrated sand, an empirical relation was developed between the number of blows and the relative density, with compactibility and mean grain diameter taken into account. This relation was verified by results from laboratory tests conducted with a small static penetrometer. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/3069 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous Paper |
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