Incorporating the Site Variability and Laboratory/In-situ Testing Variability of Soil Properties in Geotechnical Engineering Design

The main objective of this research is to evaluate the different sources of geotechnical variability and quantify the variability of soil properties for inclusion in the analysis and design of different geotechnical engineering systems. This generally includes evaluating operator-induced variations on design soil properties, evaluating equipment-induced variations on design soil properties, evaluating site/spatial variations of design soil properties, developing quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) guidelines for laboratories, and incorporating site variability and measurement error into load and resistance factor design (LRFD) geotechnical design.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $476813
• Contract Numbers:

  16-6GT

  1000112

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Project Managers:

  Zhongjie, Zhang

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Principal Investigators:

  Abu-Farsakh, Murad

  Gautreau, Gavin

• Start Date: 20160701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geotechnical engineering; Guidelines; Laboratory tests; Load and resistance factor design; Physical properties; Quality assurance; Quality control; Soils
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01596057
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 16-6GT, 1000112
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 18 2016 11:07AM