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Prediction of the shear wave velocity V S from CPT and DMT at research sites

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The paper examines the correlations to obtain rough estimates of the shear wave velocity V S from non-seismic dilatometer tests (DMT) and cone penetration tests (CPT). While the direct measurement of V S is obviously preferable, these correlations may turn out useful in various circumstances. The experimental results at six international research sites suggest that the DMT predictions of V S from the parameters I D (material index), K D (horizontal stress index), M DMT (constrained modulus) are more reliable and consistent than the CPT predictions from q c (cone resistance), presumably because of the availability, by DMT, of the stress history index K D.

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Sara, A. Prediction of the shear wave velocity V S from CPT and DMT at research sites. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 8, 83–92 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-013-0234-6

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