Project: Design of PVDs + preloading

Date: 08th Nov 2011

A. Correlations of soils for strength parameters:

Judgement of soft ground in clay by SPT
Reference: Terzaghi & Peck, 1948

Clay strenth from SPT data:

Reference: Hand book for soil of geotechnical engineering Burt
Look

Cu/N based on Plasticity Index:

Reference: Insitu testing and correlations

Clay parameters from cone penetration test:

1. From IS code (IS6403)

Soil type

Normally consolidated
clays
Over consolidated
clays

Point resistance
values
(qc) (Kgf/cm2)
qc < 20

Range of undrained
cohesion Cu
(Kgf/cm2)
qc/18 to qc/15

qc >20

qc/26 to qc/22

2. Reference- Hand book of geotechnical engineering by Burt Look

Permeability based on soils classification:

Reference: Based on hand book by Burt Look

Relation between Plasticity index Su/p (carter)

B. Correlations of soils for consolidation

parameters:
Correlations for Cc:
1.From IS code (IS 8009)
Cc= 0.009(LL-10) (Based on Liquid limit)
Cc=0.30(e0 -0.27) (Based on Void ratio)

2.Reference: Insitu testing and correlations

3. Reference: Hans- George Kempfert and Berhane gebreselassie

mv values based on compressibility

Reference: Insitu testing and correlations

mv values based on N and qc:

Reference: Insitu testing and correlations

Variation of coefficient of consolidation with liquid limit ( Based on

Carter)

Variation of coefficient of consolidation with liquid limit

Reference: hand book of geotechnical engg by burt look on page no- 97)

Representative ratios of Kh/Kv for soft soils (FHWA manual)

Kh/Kv
1. No evidence of layering
(Partially dried clay has completely uniform appearance)
1 to 1.4
2. No (or) only slightly developed macrofobic
(eg. Sedimentary clays with discontinuous lenses and
1 to 1.5
layers of more permeable soils)
3. Slight layering
(eg sedimentary clays with occasional silt dustings to random silty
lenses)
2 to 5
4. Fairly well developed macrofobic
2 to 4
5. Varved clays
10(+ or -) 5
6. Varved clays and other deposits containing embedded and more or
less continuous permeable layers
3 to 15