Koni Penetrasyon Testi (CPT) İle USCS Zemin Sınıfının Belirlenmesi ve Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

In all geotechnical studies the classification of soil is important both for correct foundation design and prediction of soil behavior. In practice, determination of the soil class can be carried out by drilling or research pit works in the field. Besides, approaches to determine of soil classes from Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data are used. This study was carried out to correlate the predicted USCS soil groups by CPT tests with actual test results which were carried out on the samples taken from field. For this purpose, 15 exploration drillings and 15 CPT test data which were carried out on an alluvial soil were used. The results obtained by the experimental data on the samples taken from the research drillings were compared with the soil classes by CPT tests and correlated together. The findings revealed that the experimentally determined soil classes are considerably different from the soil classes determined by CPT end resistance values. The CPT method, which is insufficient to determine the plasticity of the soil, caused the SM group to be defined as “Sand – Clay”. Same situation was evaluated for SC group it was observed that CPT data were defined this group as “Clay”. This clearly demonstrates that soil classes that cannot be identified by in-situ sampling can lead to erroneous evaluations.