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CIVL6077 - GI and Soil Test - Assignment
CIVL6077 - GI and Soil Test - Assignment
'an be
obtaine& from the ratio of hori0ontal stress to verti'al stress( The value of K
woul& be
interpolate& between the measure& points, hen'e the hori0ontal stress profile in the ro'k
'an be 'al'ulate&( The groun& water table in the soil an& ro'k woul& be &etermine& by
the pie0ometri' monitoring results on site( To 'onsi&er the 'riti'al 'ase, the groun& water
level woul& be taken as 2m above the highest level of groun& water level within the
monitoring perio&( /n& $m of per'he& water table above the &ifferent permeable layer
also to be 'onsi&ere&(
C%=9>## ?roun& %nvestigation an& 4oil Testing 6 /ssignment No( $ .age 2
The University of Hong Kong Kwok Ka Chun
Department of Civil Engineering University Number: 2!!""#$"
/fter 'al'ulating the hori0ontal stress a'ting on the stru'ture, the &eformation 'an be
'al'ulate& by estimating the elasti' &eformation of the pipe pile wall un&er the loa&ing
from the groun&( +ith the loa&ing, Elasti' mo&ulus of steel, an& se'tion properties of the
pipe pile wall se'tion, the &eformation 'an be estimate&(
/lthough the 'al'ulation by analyti'al metho& haven:t &ire'tly in'lu&e the effe't of *oint
an& fault 0ones, but the measure& parameter K
: /s mentione& in 4e'tion 2, flat *a'k test an& &ilatometer tests woul& be &one in the
a&&itional groun& investigation, from the &ata obtaine& in these tests, the K
at the teste&
lo'ation at &ifferent &epths 'an be 'al'ulate&( Hen'e the K