Research Article
Geotechnical Characteristic Assessments of Floodplain Soils Using SCPTU Data in Nanjing, China
Table 1
Summary of results from laboratory and CPTU evaluations of hydraulic conductivity
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| | Soil type | SCPTU predicted kh (10−7 cm/s) | lab k (10−7 cm/s) | | Parez and Faureil | Baligh & Levadoux | Kulhawy and Mayne | Burns and Mayne | | |
| | ①0 silty clay | 5.3∼39.4 (16.3) | 8.4∼35.3 (18) | 26.4∼180.3 (73) | 35.1∼168 (86.3) | 1.91∼1.93 (1.92) | 3.98∼17 (10.5) | | ①1 mucky silty clay | 33.3∼162.6 (74.5) | 58.2∼207 (103.3) | 230.7∼671.1 (351.5) | 279∼1110 (532.4) | 2.29∼5.28 (3.67) | 3.38∼165(53) | | ①1 mucky silty clay interbedded silty sand | 142.6∼448.2 (295.4) | 99.4∼202.5 (151) | 270.1∼295 (282.5) | 526∼994 (760) | 5.53∼24.1 (16.3) | 239∼1209(656) | | ②3 silty clay interbedded with silty sand | 15.2 ∼1065.9 (192.2) | 7.3∼226.2 (53.8) | 9.2∼908.8 (147.2) | 6.3∼889 (288.5) | 2.3∼19.7 (8.64) | 2.7∼253(58.6) |
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Notes: min∼max (average); values from samples with thin silty sand layers. |
