SPT-T: test procedure and applications
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Millpress Science Publishers
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Abstract
Ranzini (1988) proposed the Standard Penetration Test with torque measurement (SPT-T) and some geotechnical engineers in Brazil have been using it since 1991. This paper presents the state of the art on SPT-T testing, emphasizing what is already established as common knowledge in Brazilian engineering practice, besides a suggestion for test procedure, including equipment and practical aspects. In addition, the study of the shape of the torque versus rotation-degree angle curve obtained by an electric torquemeter used in several SPT-T tests carried out on six experimental research sites in the southeast region of Brazil is discussed here. Four different methods to predict pile capacity based on SPT-T test results are briefly presented and a comparison with load tests carried out on different types of piles, on those six experimental research sites, is presented.
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Standard Penetration Test, torque measurements, soil classification, lateral skin friction of piles
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English
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Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization Vols 1 and 2. Rotterdam: Millpress Science Publishers, p. 359-366, 2004.
