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The Correlation of the Mechanical and Index Properties of Soils in Harbour Districts

Publication year Port and Airport Research Institute Report 017-03-01 1978.09
Author(s) Fumiko OGAWA,Kazuaki MATSUMOTO
Department
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Soils Division Soil Investigations Laboratory
Executive Summary

 In the Previous report, physical properties, consistency limits, and consolidation characteristics of the alluvium are put in order statistically and the correlations between them were presented. As the Japanese soil testing manual has changed since then and the reliable soil test data obtined by the Soil Investigations Laboratoy have been accumulated in these decades, the authors analysed the data again.
 In the present paper, unconfined compressive strength, effective overburden pressure and pre-consolidation pressure are included in analyses in addition to the
properties treated in the Previous report.
 Correlations between these properties are discussed generally on all data throughout Japan, and also correlations for six special regions are discussed separately.
 Some of the properties show good correlations in between them. Practical and effective applications of these correlations are expected in the planning and excuton of soil investigation and also in the evaluation of the test results.

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