Free-Free Resonance Testing of In Situ Deep Mixed Soils - CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Geotechnical Testing Journal Année : 2013

Free-Free Resonance Testing of In Situ Deep Mixed Soils

Résumé

This paper focuses on the use of free–free resonance testing (FFR testing) applied to the characterization of stabilized silt and sand specimens treated in situ by deep soil mixing. The aim of FFR testing is to measure the natural frequencies of free vibration of the tested specimen. Compression and shear wave velocities, seismic moduli and Poisson’s ratio can be determined from these frequencies. Block samples were taken from soil–cement columns installed at a test site near Paris, France. Specimens of 100 by 50 mm (height to diameter ratio of 2) were cored from these blocks and submitted to FFR testing in the laboratory. The measured resonant frequencies were very repeatable for all specimens tested, validating the use of free–free resonance as a rapid testing method for the characterization of fairly heterogeneous stabilized soil specimens. It was found that both P-wave and S-wave velocities increase nonlinearly with unconfined compressive strength. A linear correlation between strength and dynamic stiffness was observed. Free–free resonance test results can be correlated with index parameters such as density and porosity and used for preliminary assessments of static stiffness as all these parameters varied linearly with measured wave velocities.

Domaines

Autre
Fichier non déposé

Dates et versions

hal-00853437 , version 1 (22-08-2013)

Identifiants

Citer

Antoine Guimond Barrett, Elodie Nauleau, Alain Le Kouby, Anne Pantet, Philippe Reiffsteck, et al.. Free-Free Resonance Testing of In Situ Deep Mixed Soils. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2013, 2 (36), 9p. ⟨10.1520/GTJ20120058⟩. ⟨hal-00853437⟩
94 Consultations
0 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More