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Quality control of compacted grounds using seismic velocities
Author(s) -
Uyanik Osman,
Ulugergerli Emin U.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
near surface geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1873-0604
pISSN - 1569-4445
DOI - 10.3997/1873-0604.2008004
Subject(s) - geology , compaction , seismic refraction , seismology , runway , gemology , geobiology , quality (philosophy) , geotechnical engineering , regional geology , hydrogeology , engineering geology , telmatology , volcanism , tectonics , cartography , geography , philosophy , epistemology
The speed‐up plaque load experiment and a seismic refraction survey were used in quality‐control tests of compaction in the runway grounds of the Süleyman Demirel Airport, Isparta, located to the north of Burdur Lake, Turkey. The straight‐line correlation between plaque load experiments and seismic velocities ( V p and V s ) has shown that compaction is sufficient when both the V p and V s values exceed 590m/s and 379m/s, respectively. In addition, two‐dimensional velocity models for both P‐ and S‐waves map out the level of compaction along the profiles.