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Field School-2005
CVG 4974
Saturday, Oct 1, 2005
7:30 am 5:00 pm
Robinson Field , Ottawa
Instructor:
Dr. Garga
A112 ext. 6143
Coordinator:
Kenton C. Power
D114-A 6158
TAs:
M. Cevat Catana
D114-A ext. 6158
Igor Iskra
D108-B ext. 6163
Behnam Shadravan
D114-C ext. 6157
Technician:
Kulan Ambalavanar
D116 ext. 6150
Intersection of
Robinson Avenue
and Hurdman Road
Robinson Field
Parking Lot
Robinson Football
Field
Robinson
Community Garden
Testing Area
and Parking Lot
WHIMIS guidelines
Dress for the weather
Rain gear
Warm clothes
Overhead Dangers
Geotechnical Investigations
Investigation Methods
Geotechnical Investigations
Soil Sampling (Soil Profile)
Hand Auger, Split-Spoon Sampling, Ground Water Level
Strength Relationships
Standard Penetration, Vane Shear, Nilcon Vane (Indirect
methods)
Soil Sampling
Soil Sampling
Bore hole
Hand Auger
Start
Different soil
types
Soil line at a
1 to 1 scale
showing soil
profile with
depth
Soil Sampling
Carefully remove
soil from auger
Lay soil on ground
(1:1 Scale)
Auger to a
measured depth
Laboratory Test
Field Application
Field Application
Raising 70 lb Weight
(Conventionally 140 lb
Weight is Used)
Standard
Penetration
Test (SPT)
Penetration Number,
N
Drill Rod
Bore Hole
15 cm
Vane
Installing Anchors
Into bore
hole
Assembled Nilcon
Vane
Anchor Schematic
Placing Anchors
Foundation Failure
Group List
A
Alkhatib
Charette
Ferreira
Auckland
Charlebois
Burtt
Groups
D
Lacasse
Luk
Mustaard
Toure
Francoeur
Latimer
MacDonald
Nault
WilkeAlemany
Dowie
Guignion
Lehoux
Michaluk
Rowat
Wood
Caron
Duthie
Hay
Lesage
Morcos
Tahelali
Yu
Cheung
Deku
Belletete
Ferrari
Lane
Lauzon
Andoseh
Regimbald
Ostrowski
Tchernychov
Tudor
Bahia
Bruneau
Chan
Project List
Testing Schedule
Time
7.30-8.00
8.00-10.00
SPT
SPT
SPT
SW
SW
HA
HA
10.00-12.00
FV
FV
FV
HA
HA
SW
SW
12.00-1.00
Lunch
1.00-3.00
SW
SW
HA
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
3.00-5.00
HA
HA
SW
FV
FV
FV
FV
SW SPTFV HA-
Field Vane
Determine the soils peak and remolded
shear strength Values using both Two
Gauges Method and Torque Wrench
Compare Peak and Remolded Shear
Strength of the two methods
Any Questions