Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods
In past applications of electrical resistivity survey, users commonly focussed on the Earth's subsurface to locate water table, bedrock, etc. Nowadays, this electrical resistivity method is used by engineers for shallow subsurface investigations. This paper presents the integration of soil m...
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| description | In past applications of electrical resistivity survey, users commonly focussed on the
Earth's subsurface to locate water table, bedrock, etc. Nowadays, this electrical resistivity
method is used by engineers for shallow subsurface investigations. This paper presents
the integration of soil mechanics properties with electrical resistivity tomography methods
and recommends the proper selection of resistivity array (survey planning) and appropriate
inversion constraint parameters (data processing) that are able to deliver optimum
resistivity tomography model results. This study identifies the empirical correlations of
the soil's properties such as shear strength parameters, moisture content, void ratio,
porosity, saturation degree, and Atterberg's limits with the electrical resistivity values
(resistivity tomography models). A total of 11 undisturbed clayey sand soil samples was
collected at different distances, depths, and times and were tested under both infield and
laboratory conditions during the slope monitoring period. The soil mechanics properties
of the soil samples were obtained right after the electrical resistivity survey was made. It
is shown that the electrical resistivity values are greatly influenced by the soil mechanics
properties. Thus, the electrical resistivity (4-D) survey using the optimized Wenner-
Schlumberger array (high data density) is capable of reliably enhancing the conventional
outcome of the Earth's subsurface investigation |
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| spelling | usm-366942017-09-20T08:48:16Z http://eprints.usm.my/36694/ Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods Bery, Andy Anderson QC1-999 Physics In past applications of electrical resistivity survey, users commonly focussed on the Earth's subsurface to locate water table, bedrock, etc. Nowadays, this electrical resistivity method is used by engineers for shallow subsurface investigations. This paper presents the integration of soil mechanics properties with electrical resistivity tomography methods and recommends the proper selection of resistivity array (survey planning) and appropriate inversion constraint parameters (data processing) that are able to deliver optimum resistivity tomography model results. This study identifies the empirical correlations of the soil's properties such as shear strength parameters, moisture content, void ratio, porosity, saturation degree, and Atterberg's limits with the electrical resistivity values (resistivity tomography models). A total of 11 undisturbed clayey sand soil samples was collected at different distances, depths, and times and were tested under both infield and laboratory conditions during the slope monitoring period. The soil mechanics properties of the soil samples were obtained right after the electrical resistivity survey was made. It is shown that the electrical resistivity values are greatly influenced by the soil mechanics properties. Thus, the electrical resistivity (4-D) survey using the optimized Wenner- Schlumberger array (high data density) is capable of reliably enhancing the conventional outcome of the Earth's subsurface investigation Springer Verlag 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/36694/1/___Andy_SMFE2016.pdf Bery, Andy Anderson (2016) Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 53 (1). pp. 24-29. ISSN 0038-0741 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11204-016-9359-7.pdf |
| spellingShingle | QC1-999 Physics Bery, Andy Anderson Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title | Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title_full | Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title_fullStr | Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title_short | Slope Monitoring Study using Soil Mechanics Properties and 4-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography Methods |
| title_sort | slope monitoring study using soil mechanics properties and 4-d electrical resistivity tomography methods |
| topic | QC1-999 Physics |
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