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    98 CHapter 3 Natural Soil Deposits and Subsoil Exploration

    If hyd 5 2,
    7pd 3
    K5 (3.36)
    6
    Thus,
    6T
    cu 5 (3.37)
    7pd 3
    For tapered vanes,

    1 2
    pd 2 d d
    K5 1 1 6h (3.38)
    12 cos i T cos i B

    The angles iT and iB are defined in Figure 3.23.


    Field vane shear tests are moderately rapid and economical and are used extensively
    in field soil-exploration programs. The test gives good results in soft and medium-stiff
    clays and gives excellent results in determining the properties of sensitive clays.
    Field vane shear tests are commonly used to measure both peak and residual un-
    drained shear strengh by noting the torque required to overcome the maximum resis-
    tance and later the torque required to rotate the vane 5–10 revolutions within the clay.
    Sources of significant error in the field vane shear test are poor calibration of
    torque measurement and damaged vanes. Other errors may be introduced if the rate
    of rotation of the vane is not properly controlled.
    For actual design purposes, the undrained shear strength values obtained from
    field vane shear tests [cusVSTd] are too high, and it is recommended that they be cor-
    rected according to the equation
    cuscorrectedd 5 lcusVSTd (3.39)
    where l 5 correction factor.
    Several correlations have been given previously for the correction factor l. The
    most commonly used correlation for l is that given by Bjerrum (1972), which can
    be expressed as
    l 5 1.7 2 0.54 log [PIs%d] (3.40a)
    Morris and Williams (1994) provided the following correlations:

    l 5 1.18e 20.08sPId 1 0.57 sfor PI . 5d (3.40b)

    l 5 7.01e 20.08sLLd 1 0.57 swhere LL is in %d (3.40c)

    The field vane shear strength can be correlated with the preconsolidation pres-
    sure and the overconsolidation ratio of the clay. Using 343 data points, Mayne and
    Mitchell (1988) derived the following empirical relationship for estimating the pre-
    consolidation pressure of a natural clay deposit:

    s9c 5 7.04[cusfieldd]0.83 (3.41)

    Here,
    s9c 5 preconsolidation pressure skN/m2d
    cusfieldd 5 field vane shear strength skN/m2d
    The overconsolidation ratio, OCR, also can be correlated to cusfieldd according to the
    equation
    cusfieldd
    OCR 5 b (3.42)
    s9o

    where s9o 5 effective overburden pressure.

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