Abstract
The borehole expansion test can be used in any ground material, from the softer to the harder one, so as to obtain its stress–strain behaviour in situ. The authors submit their research work on equipment which permits to extend the use of the Ménard pressuremeter up to 25 MPa test pressure. They also give the first test diagrams up to this pressure in slightly fractured rocks.
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L’essai d’expansion in situ d’une cavité cylindrique peut s’appliquer à tous les types de matériaux, des plus mous aux plus résistants, pour déterminer leurs propriétés mécaniques. Les auteurs présentent un appareil permettant d’étendre le domaine du pressiomètre Ménard jusqu’à des pressions d’essai de 25 MPa, ainsi que ses premières utilisations dans des roches peu fracturées.
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In French « Pressiomètre », registred trade mark of Louis Ménard.
The authors consider that minimising the delay between drilling and testing is essential to achieve high-quality measurements of moduli; this applies to hard grounds and even rocks as well as to soils.
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*Previously published in Anagnostopoulos et al. (2011). Reprinted—Published in revised form with kind permission of IOS Press.
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Arsonnet, G., Baud, JP., Gambin, M. et al. 25 MPa HyperPac Fills the Gap Between the Ménard Pressuremeter and the Flexible Dilatometer. Geotech Geol Eng 32, 1389–1395 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-014-9751-x
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