Award Date

1-1-2000

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Civil and Environmental Engineering

First Committee Member

Moses Karakouzian

Number of Pages

71

Abstract

In this study, cone penetration test data is correlated to vane shear and triaxial undrained shear strength test data for a saturated and underconsolidated marine clay. It is shown that cone penetration test data not corrected for pore pressures underestimates undrained shear strength. Additionally, small increases in the degree of consolidation of the underconsolidated clay increases the undrained shear strengths.

Keywords

Clay; Cone; Data; Interpretation; Penetration; Test; Underconsolidated

Controlled Subject

Civil engineering

File Format

pdf

File Size

1730.56 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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