ICRARE2009- The Use of PENCEL Pressuremeter Test for Underground Structures

The pressuremeter used was essentially the PENCEL pressuremeter (PPMT), manufactured by ROCTEST, Inc. This paper offers a description of the equipment, testing procedure, theory to obtain parameters of the ground and to develop the p-y curves for laterally loaded piles. From PPMT data reduced to graphs of pressure versus volume, soil parameters including the lift-off pressure, the initial elastic and reload moduli, and the limit pressure were determined.

کلیدواژه ها:

Pencel Pressuremeter ، p-y curves ، soil ، modulus ، interaction