Impact of soil composition on fall cone test results

technical note

Bojana Dolinar (Author), Ludvik Trauner (Author)

Abstract

The cone penetrometer method is being increasingly used for the determination of the liquid limit of cohesive soils. The same method can be used to determine the plastic limit according to the known relationship between soil moisture content and depth of cone penetration. This relationship is non-linear, yet becomes linear on a log-log scale resulting in a simple methodof determination of liquid limit and plastic limit values. This technical note determines the soil properties that define these index parameters. Experimentally obtained results suggest that the index parameters primarily depend on the type, size, and quantity of the clay minerals in soil.Soil index parameters such as the liquid limit and plastic limit can be determined from knowledge of the mineralogical properties of the soil because this dependence appears well defined.

Keywords

geomehanika;preiskava tal;gline;kohezivne zemljine;lastnosti tal;Attenberg;soil mechanics;soil tests;clays;cohesive soils;soil properties;Attenberg limits;cone penetration tests;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2005
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FGPA - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture
UDC:	624.131.3
COBISS:	9345046
ISSN:	1090-0241
Views:	1719
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary keywords:	geomehanika;preiskava tal;gline;kohezivne zemljine;lastnosti tal;Attenberg;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Pages:	str. 126-130
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ131
Issue:	ǂNo. ǂ1
Chronology:	Jan. 2005
ID:	8718470