APPENDIX D            ANALYSIS OVERVIEW                   INDEX

1. 1. INTRODUCTION
      1. The determination of material properties from pressuremeter tests in soil.
      2. The pressuremeter test in soil - initially elastic response followed by failure in shear.
      3. Defining strain
      4. Average displacements versus the output of the separate axes.
      5. The Analysis Program.
         
   2. ANALYSES FOR INSITU LATERAL STRESS
      1. Overview.
      2. Lift-off.
      3. Marsland & Randolph (1977) analysis.
      4. Earth pressure – the Load Cell Pressuremeter.
         1. Introduction.
         2. Inspecting the data.
         3. Anisotropic lateral stress.
         4. Alternative procedures for predicting the ultimate stress state.
      5. Deriving insitu lateral stress by synthesis.
         
   3. ANALYSES FOR UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH (c_u)
      1. Bolton & Whittle (1996).
      2. Analysing pressuremeter undrained contraction data.
      3. Palmer (1972).
         
   4. SHEAR MODULUS
      1. Background.
      2. Non-linear elastic stiffness/strain response.
      3. From pressuremeter modulus to secant and tangential shear modulus.
      4. Stress level.
      5. Cross-hole anisotropy.
         1. Recommendations for manipulating pressuremeter unload/reload data.
      6. Shear modulus from other parts of the pressuremeter curve.
         
   5. RECONSTRUCTING THE PRESSUREMETER CURVE.
      
   6. THE HOLDING TEST
      1. Background.
      2. The holding test in practice.
      3. Deriving permeability from consolidation.
         
   7. PERMEABILITY TESTS
      1. Background.
      2. Comments on the permeability tests.

Notes:

1. This document is comprised of a number of reports now linked to appear as one. It is unlikely that any single site investigation contract would require the use of all the instruments and techniques reported here.
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