Assessment of Skempton's pore water pressure parameters B and A using a high-capacity tensiometer
- Submitting institution
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Queen's University of Belfast
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 191419298
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1680/jgeot.18.P.191
- Title of journal
- Geotechnique
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- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0016-8505
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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B - Civil and Construction
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Ground investigation standard (1990: BS1377- Part 8) and similar global standards require that samples extracted from the ground are saturated before assessments of soil strength and compressibility characteristics. This is time-consuming and can increase the overall cost of testing. Funded by a world-leading geotechnical testing manufacturer (V J Tech Ltd, UK), the work in this article assesses this crucial misconception via comprehensive laboratory investigations. The outcome of the work confirms that saturation of samples is redundant and the revised procedure can save a significant amount of time and associated cost. The paper was awarded the ICE’s 2020 Adrian Long Medal.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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