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AnnexI.1
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PlateLoadingTest(PLT)
(1)ThisisanexampleofderivingtheundrainedshearstrengthCuCucanbeobtainedbyusingthefollowingequation:

where:

puistheultimatecontactpressurefromthePLTresults

zisthetotalstress(densitytimesdepth)attestlevelincludedwhenthetestisconductedinaboreholewithadiametersmaller
thanthreetimesthediameterorwidthoftheplate

Ncisthebearingcapacityfactorforcircularplatesis:

Nc=6forPLTonthesubsoilsurface

Nc=9forPLTinboreholesofdepthsgreaterthanfourtimesthediameterorwidthoftheplate.

Foradditionalinformationandexamples,seeAnnexM.

ANNEXI.2

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PlateLoadingTest(PLT)
(1)ThisisanexampleofderivingtheplatesettlementmodulusEPLT(secantmodulus).

(2)Forloadingtestsmadeatthegroundlevelorinanexcavationwherethebottomisatleastfivetimestheplatediameter,the
platesettlementmodulusEPLTmaybecalculatedfromthegeneralequation:

where:

pistheselectedrangeofappliedcontactpressureconsidered

sisthechangeintotalsettlementforthecorrespondingchangeintheappliedcontactpressurepincludingcreepsettlements

bisthediameteroftheplate

isPoisson'sratiofortheconditionsofthetest.
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(3)Ifnotdeterminedinotherways,isequalto0,5forundrainedconditionsofcohesivesoilsand0,3fornoncohesivesoils.

(4)IfthetestismadeatthebaseofaboreholethevalueofEPLTmaybecalculatedfromtheequation:

where:

CzisadepthcorrectionfactoranexampleforsuggestedvaluesisgiveninfigureI.1.

FigureI.1:DepthfactorCzasfunctionofplatediameterbanddepthzforPLTresultsobtainedwithauniformcircularloadat
thebaseofanunlinedshaft(afterBurland1969)

Foradditionalinformationandexamples,seeAnnexM.

ANNEXI.3
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PlateLoadingTest(PLT)
(1)Thisisanexampleofderivingthecoefficientofsubgradereactionksksmaybecalculatedfromtheequation:

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where:

pistheselectedrangeofappliedcontactpressureconsidered

sisthechangeinsettlementforthecorrespondingchangeinappliedcontactpressurepincludingcreepsettlements.

(2)Thedimensionsoftheloadingplateshouldbestatedwhencalculatingvaluesofks.

ANNEXI.4
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PlateLoadingTest(PLT)
(1)Thisisanexampleofderivingsettlementsdirectly.Thesettlementsofthefootinginsandmaybederivedempirically
accordingtotherelationsgiveninfigureI.3,ifthegroundbeneaththefootingtoadepthlargerthantwotimesthewidthisthe
sameasthegroundbeneaththeplate(seefigureI.2).

FigureI.2:Influencedareabeneathatestplateandafooting

FigureI.3:Graphforcalculationsofsettlementbasedonplateloadingtests

Foradditionalinformationandexamples,seeAnnexM.

ANNEXJ

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Selectionofthesamplingmethod
TableJ.1:Examplesonsamplingmethodswithrespecttothesamplingcategoryindifferentsoilstheabbreviationsofthe
samplingmethodsarelistedintableJ.2
CategoryA CategoryB CategoryC
Soiltype Suitabilitydependsone.g.
Samplingmethod
PSPU
OSTNWPU
OSTNWPE
OSTNWPE*) OSTCWPE
stiffnessorstrength
Clay OSTCWPE* )
CSST AS
sensitivity
CSDT AS*)
BSTP
BSFD
stiffnessorstrength PSPU
CSDT AS
Silt sensitivity OSTNWPU
OSTCWPE CSST
groundwatertable BSTP
sizesofthe BSTP
particles OSTCWPE AS
Sand OSTNWPU*)
density CSDT CSST
groundwatertable OSTCWPE*)
sizeoftheparticles OSTCWPE'
Gravel density BSTP AS
groundwatertable CSDT*)
PSPU CSST
Peat stateofdecay OSTNWPU AS
BSTP AS*)
*)canbeusedonlyonveryfavourableconditions.

(2)Thequalityclassofthesampleforlaboratorytestsobtainedbyacertainsamplingmethodalsodependsverystronglyon:

detailsofthesampler
carefulnessofthesamplingprocedure.

TableJ.2:SamplingmethodsandtheirabbreviationsusedintableJ.1
OSTNWPU opentubesamplers,thinwalled/pushed
OSTNWPE opentubesamplers,thinwalled/percussion
OSTCWPE opentubesamplers,thickwalled/percussion
PSPU Pistonsamplers/pushed
CSST rotarycoredrilling,singletube,vibrocoring
CSDT rotarycoredrilling,doubleortripletube
AS Augering
BSTP blocksamplers/testpit
BSFD blocksamplers/fromdepth

Foradditionalinformationandexamples,seeAnnexM.

ANNEXK
(informative)

Thisisanexampleofsimplifiedweatheringclassificationinsixgrades.

Grade Degreeofdecomposition Diagnosticfeaturesinsamplesandcores

Novisiblesignofrockmaterialweatheringperhapsslightdiscolorationonmajor
I Freshrock
discontinuitysurfaces.
II Slightlyweatheredrock Discolorationindicatesweatheringofrockmaterialanddiscontinuitysurfaces.
Lessthanhalfoftherockmaterialisdecomposedordisintegratedtoasoil.Freshor
III Moderatelyweatheredrock
discolouredrockispresenteitherasacontinuousframeworkorascorestones.
IV Highlyweatheredrock Morethanhalfoftherockmaterialisdecomposedordisintegratedtoasoil.Freshor
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discolouredrockispresenteitherasadiscontinuousframeworkorascorestones.
Allrockmaterialisdecomposedand/ordisintegratedtosoil.Theoriginalmass
V Completelyweatheredrock
structureisstilllargelyintact.
Allrockmaterialisconvertedtosoil.Themassstructureandmaterialfabricare
VI Residualsoil destroyed.Thereisalargechangeinvolume,butthesoilhasnotbeensignificantly
transported.

Foradditionalinformationandexamples,seeAnnexM.

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