The cone penetrometer test applied to the determination of the undrained shear strength of fine-grained soils

• Autores: Escalaya Advíncula, Miriam Rosanna, Hernández Aguilar, Marco Antonio, Rojas Llactas, César Giancarlo, Vega López, Ronald Saúl
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/6267
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/Perfiles_Ingenieria/article/view/6267
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: penetrómetro de cono; arcillas blandas; resistencia no drenada

The behavior of soft fine-grained soils is considered one of the most complex and problematic, from a geotechnical point of view. For this reason, knowledge of its strength and deformability parameters is important and fundamental. In this paper, a review of the available literature is carried out about the use of fall-cone test in determining the undrained shear strength of these soils, the necessary calibrations and the main advances in the determination of the cone factor K. Fall-Cone este is widely used to obtain the liquid limit of soils, and due to the ease of use it becomes a quick and economical alternative to obtain the undrained shear strength of soft clay soils.