MEASUREMENT OF IN-SITU DENSITY OF SAND IN A CHAMBER BY USING A THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY PENETROMETER

Authors
SINGH G DAS BM CHONG MK
Citation
G. Singh et al., MEASUREMENT OF IN-SITU DENSITY OF SAND IN A CHAMBER BY USING A THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY PENETROMETER, ASTM geotechnical testing journal, 18(3), 1995, pp. 376-383
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
ASTM geotechnical testing journal
ISSN journal
01496115 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
376 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
0149-6115(1995)18:3<376:MOIDOS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Reliable in situ testing during soil exploration is of great help to g eotechnical engineers in design considerations. This paper describes t he theory and the laboratory test results for determination of the den sity of a sand with a quasi-static penetrometer by measuring its therm al conductivity. Effects of disturbance caused by the penetrometer hav e been studied. It is shown that it is possible to obtain the density of sand by precalibrating the penetrometer.