STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PRESSUREMETER MODULUS AND SPT N-VALUE FOR GLACIAL TILLS

Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Jinyuan Liu, Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker

In the proceedings of: GeoQuébec 2015: 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference

Session: Insitu Testing and Instrumentation II / Essais in situ et instrumentation II

ABSTRACT: : This paper presents a correlation between the pressuremeter modulus (EPMT) and standard penetration test (SPT) -N value for glacial tills in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This study is based on the results of a comprehensive geotechnical investigation for the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project in Toronto. This study focused primarily on the statistical correlations between SPT- N value and EPMT for glacial tills with different textures, such as silty clay, clayey silt, silty sand, sandy silt, sand and silt. The literature review shows that there is very limited information available about correlations between EPMT and SPT- N value for glacial tills. In this paper, correlations between SPT -N value and EPMT is suggested. RÉSUMÉ: Cet article présente une corrélation entre le module pressiométrique (EPMT) et la valeur N de l™essai de pénétration standard (SPT) pour les tills glaciaires dans la Région du Greater Toronto (RGT). Cette étude repose sur les résultats des investigations géotechniques compréhensives pour le projet Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) à Toronto. Cette étude a porté principalement sur les corrélations statistiques entre la valeur N de SPT et EPMT pour les tills glaciaires avec des textures différentes, tels que l™argile silteuse, le silt argileux, le sable silteux, le silt sableux, le sable, et le silt. La revue de la littérature montre qu™il y a très peu d™informations disponibles sur les corrélations entre EPMT et la valeur N de SPT pour les tills. Dans cet article, les corrélations entre la valeur N de SPT et EPMT sont suggérées.

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Kanagaratnam Balachandran; Jinyuan Liu; Laifa Cao; Scott Peaker (2015) STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PRESSUREMETER MODULUS AND SPT N-VALUE FOR GLACIAL TILLS in GEO2015. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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