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Interpretation of the pressuremeter test using numerical models based on deformation tensor equations

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The pressuremeter test in boreholes has proven itself as a useful tool in geotechnical explorations, especially comparing its results with those obtained from a mathematical model ruled by a soil representative constitutive equation. The numerical model shown in this paper is aimed to be the reference framework for the interpretation of this test. The model analyses variables such as: the type of response, the initial state, the drainage regime and the constitutive equations. It is a model of finite elements able to work with a mesh without deformation or one adapted to it.

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The authors of this paper wish to thank the company EUROCONSULT for the support provided in preparing the paper presented.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Alfonso XII, 3 y 5, 28014, Madrid, Spain

    F. Escolano Sánchez & José Ramón Sánchez Lavín

  2. Euroconsult SA, S.S. Reyes, 28700, Madrid, Spain

    M. Bueno Aguado

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Escolano Sánchez, F., Bueno Aguado, M. & Lavín, J.R.S. Interpretation of the pressuremeter test using numerical models based on deformation tensor equations. Bull Eng Geol Environ 73, 141–146 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0528-x

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