A critical review of void ratio relationships for granular soils


Ilgac M., ÇETİN K. Ö.

Geo-Congress 2020: Modeling, Geomaterials, and Site Characterization, Minnesota, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 25 - 28 Şubat 2020, cilt.2020-February, ss.407-416 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2020-February
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1061/9780784482803.044
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Minnesota
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.407-416
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

There exists a number of semi-empirical relationships assessing void ratio in the literature. The predictive performances of widely used void ratio relationships are assessed within a probabilistic framework with the use of compiled database. The database, which consists of 636 non-plastic silts, sands, and gravels is compiled from the existing literature having minimum, maximum void ratio, mean grain size, coefficient of uniformity, particle roundness and sphericity, fines content parameters. Among predictive models, which use D50 as an input parameter, Chen and Kulhawy model produced the least error (μerror=-0.006, σerror=0.125) and is concluded to be more accurate compared to Cubrinovski and Ishihara model (μerror=-0.055, σerror=0.140). Similarly, Zheng and Hycriw, which uses Cu as an input parameter produced more accurate predictions (μerror=-0.034, σerror=0.069), when compared to Chen and Kulhawy model (μerror=-0.062, σerror=0.137).