Reduced scale pressuremeter for shallow foundation model tests
Reduced scale pressuremeter for shallow foundation model tests
This paper presents a modified version of the small-scale pressuremeter prototype developed in the nineties. This new version has been used in a 1g scale model where shallow foundations were tested under centered and eccentric cyclic loading. Massifs of reconstituted Hostun sand and number 6 sand were used in France and Japan respectively with a density index of 0.8. The results obtained are compared with those deduced from reduced dynamic penetrometer and SPT models. The various possible applications are described and discussed in the light of the bibliography. The transposition, in accordance with the rules of similarity, of the analytical design methods is studied and criticized.
Philippe Reiffsteck; Daoud Dirir Mohammad; Taisuke Sanagawa; Fabien Szymkiewicz; F. Guirado; Lamis Makki
8th International Symposium on Pressuremeters (ISP2025)
Pressuremeter Testing Techniques and procedures
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