Study on relationship between static cone penetration strength and shear strength of soil

Abstract

On basis of the analysis on results of laboratory test, the field vane shear test and the static cone penetration test of different types of soil in Tianjin, it is proposed that there is significant positive linear correlation between the static cone penetration tip resistance and the vane shear strength. Moreover, for clay a more distinct linear correlation exists than that for mucky soil and silty clay. Therefore the results of static cone penetration test can be applied to the stability calculation.