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Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering >> 2014, Volume 8, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11709-013-0234-6

Prediction of the shear wave velocity

Department of Seismology and Tectonophysics, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, L′Aquila 67100, Italy

Available online: 2014-03-05
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The paper examines the correlations to obtain rough estimates of the shear wave velocity from non-seismic dilatometer tests (DMT) and cone penetration tests (CPT). While the direct measurement of is obviously preferable, these correlations may turn out useful in various circumstances. The experimental results at six international research sites suggest that the DMT predictions of from the parameters (material index), (horizontal stress index), (constrained modulus) are more reliable and consistent than the CPT predictions from (cone resistance), presumably because of the availability, by DMT, of the stress history index .

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