COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STATIC SHEAR MODULUS AND DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS DETERMINED BY GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION

Udota S. Benjamin (), Tamunobereton-ari I., Horsfall I. Opiriyabo and Mogaba P
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Udota S. Benjamin: Department of Physics, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Tamunobereton-ari I.: Department of Physics, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Horsfall I. Opiriyabo: Department of Physics, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Mogaba P: DeGeoid Limited

Earth Sciences Malaysia (ESMY), 2022, vol. 6, issue 1, 01-10

Abstract: Due to the occurrence of earth tremors which leads to the vibrations of foundations and perhaps failure of buildings and roads, it is therefore important to understand and have knowledge of the geomechanical soil properties for foundation design, assessment of risks and suggestion of mitigation plans in engineering structures and road construction. A total of 3 boreholes were drilled with the Standard Penetration Test (SPT) performed and Downhole Seismic Test (DST) carried out in the boreholes located within Assa to investigate the Geomechanical soil properties in the area. For the geophysical survey, the downhole seismic test was carried out to determine the P-wave and S-wave. The results were processed using the generalized reciprocal method (GRM) with the Seisimager program. The results of soil dynamic modulus (shear, young and bulk modulus) and Poisson ratio recorded from DST conducted in BH1, BH2 and BH3 ranges from 7300 KPa to 72390 KPa, 0.31 to 0.41 for the Poisson ratio. Meanwhile, soil static modulus and Poisson’s ratio recorded from SPT conducted in BH1, BH2 and BH3 ranges from 2520 to 44687.0 KPa, 0.20 to 0.55 for the Poisson ratio respectively. The results of this study have shown that there is a wide variation between geomechanical properties derived from geotechnical investigations (static properties) and geophysical investigations (dynamic properties). Based on depth trend analysis, the dynamic and static soil elastic properties all increases with depth. Generally, the dynamic soil properties were significantly higher than the static elastic properties. At shallow depths (

Keywords: Shear Modulus; SPT; DST; Bulk modulus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.26480/esmy.01.2022.10.10

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