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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. Dilatometer Test

Authors : Jay Ameratunga, Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Braja M. Das

Published in: Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering

Publisher: Springer India

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Abstract

Dilatometer is one of the latest arrivals among the in situ testing devices. It has become more versatile with the development of seismic dilatometer, which also measures the shear wave velocity. The three major indices computed in the dilatometer test are the material index ID, horizontal stress index KD, and dilatometer modulus ED. These three are used in identifying the soil type and determining the soil parameters and this chapter provides correlations to obtain these parameters.

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Metadata
Title
Dilatometer Test
Authors
Jay Ameratunga
Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Braja M. Das
Copyright Year
2016
Publisher
Springer India
Book
Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-81-322-2627-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-81-322-2629-1

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2629-1_7