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This paper briefly presents some characteristics of ball penetration test (BPT) in soft clay. Using experimental data on soft clays from four test sites in Korea and Japan, the effects of penetrometer shapes (i.e., ball vs cone) and of ball size to the penetration resistances are highlighted. In addition, the influence of some soil characteristics to cone and ball strength factors and the effectiveness of BPT in recognizing different sublayers or different depositional units in a soil profile are also discussed.
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This study was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation Programs through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). Prof. H. Tanaka at Hokkaido University (Japan) is highly appreciated, and the graduate students of Dong-A University, Busan, gave valuable assistance in the laboratory and field.
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Nguyen, T.D., Tran, N.X., Hung, L.C. (2019). An Experimental Evaluation of Characteristics of Ball Penetration Test in Soft Clay. In: Randolph, M., Doan, D., Tang, A., Bui, M., Dinh, V. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering. VSOE 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2306-5_10
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