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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-13-066
Date: August 2013

 

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Performance Testing - Axial Load Deformation Relationships

APPENDIX D. RAW DATA FOR PTS

Table 53. DC-1 PT Data.


Average Load
(lb/jack)

Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

6,000.29

2,666.80

0.33

0.43

7,691.24

3,418.33

0.43

0.56

10,891.56

4,840.69

0.58

0.76

13,882.17

6,169.85

0.82

1.08

16,743.42

7,441.52

1.02

1.34

18,617.17

8,274.30

1.19

1.56

20,737.31

9,216.58

1.35

1.78

23,679.35

10,524.15

1.56

2.05

26,749.52

11,888.68

1.85

2.43

29,760.19

13,226.75

2.12

2.79

32,796.45

14,576.20

2.60

3.43

36,725.03

16,322.23

2.99

3.93

38,843.79

17,263.90

3.24

4.26

41,800.05

18,577.80

3.57

4.70

45,218.53

20,097.12

3.82

5.02

49,169.75

21,853.22

4.20

5.52

52,488.78

23,328.34

6.04

7.95


 

Table 54. DC-2 PT Data.


Average Load
(lb/jack)

Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

5,787.51

2,572.23

0.59

0.78

7,200.47

3,200.21

0.75

0.99

8,940.54

3,973.57

0.92

1.21

10,952.92

4,867.97

1.17

1.53

12,974.76

5,766.56

1.40

1.83

15,051.84

6,689.71

1.64

2.15

17,077.36

7,589.94

1.88

2.46

19,204.93

8,535.52

2.17

2.84

21,211.57

9,427.36

2.50

3.28

25,264.01

11,228.45

3.19

4.18

27,203.24

12,090.33

3.50

4.59

29,368.95

13,052.87

3.73

4.89

31,354.88

13,935.50

4.01

5.26

34,309.37

15,248.61

4.47

5.86

37,455.51

16,646.89

4.76

6.24

40,418.89

17,963.95

4.83

6.34

43,298.49

19,243.77

4.90

6.43

51,134.47

22,726.43

5.37

7.04

 

Table 55. DC-3 PT Data.


Average Load
(lb/jack)
Applied Pressure
(psf)
Vertical Settlement
(inch)
Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1,649.95

733.31

0.24

0.31

4,305.23

1,913.44

0.52

0.68

6,976.55

3,100.69

0.78

1.03

9,692.94

4,307.98

1.03

1.35

12,450.76

5,533.67

1.29

1.70

14,973.40

6,654.85

1.54

2.02

17,582.22

7,814.32

1.83

2.41

20,165.77

8,962.56

2.12

2.78

23,249.20

10,332.98

2.42

3.19

26,217.45

11,652.20

2.77

3.64

29,407.36

13,069.94

3.08

4.05

32,442.93

14,419.08

3.37

4.43

35,518.85

15,786.16

3.70

4.87

38,565.19

17,140.08

4.04

5.32

41,538.90

18,461.73

4.42

5.82


 

Table 56. DC-4 PT Data.


Average Load
(lb/jack)

Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2,724.22

1,210.76

0.16

0.22

5,017.17

2,229.85

0.38

0.51

7,568.27

3,363.68

0.59

0.77

9,949.51

4,422.01

0.82

1.08

12,971.35

5,765.05

1.11

1.46

15,926.47

7,078.43

1.40

1.84

19,025.69

8,455.86

1.70

2.24

21,821.66

9,698.52

1.98

2.61

24,883.53

11,059.35

2.26

2.97

27,993.61

12,441.61

2.58

3.40

30,894.62

13,730.94

2.94

3.87

34,053.34

15,134.82

3.30

4.34

36,906.96

16,403.09

3.54

4.66

39,975.59

17,766.93

3.91

5.15

42,919.44

19,075.31

4.25

5.60

45,841.51

20,374.00

4.52

5.95

47,205.64

20,980.28

4.70

6.18

50,450.81

22,422.58

4.95

6.52

55,229.31

24,546.36

5.36

7.06

60,188.19

26,750.31

5.81

7.64

 

Table 57. DC-5 PT Data.


Average Load
(lb/jack)

Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

622.79

276.79

0.37

0.48

2,739.19

1,217.42

0.68

0.89

4,857.51

2,158.89

0.96

1.26

7,021.37

3,120.61

1.20

1.57

9,060.95

4,027.09

1.43

1.88

11,088.41

4,928.18

1.68

2.21

14,307.26

6,358.78

2.02

2.66

17,440.25

7,751.22

2.41

3.17

20,525.62

9,122.50

2.83

3.73

23,676.51

10,522.90

3.26

4.29

26,657.83

11,847.92

3.84

5.05

29,865.77

13,273.68

4.24

5.58

32,794.82

14,575.47

4.64

6.10

35,897.19

15,954.31

5.05

6.64

43,500.00

19,333.33

5.92

7.79

48,500.00

21,555.56

7.92

10.42

 

Table 58. TF-1 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)
Vertical Settlement
(inch)
Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

369.70

0.08

0.10

556.35

0.08

0.11

978.69

0.16

0.21

1,842.65

0.33

0.43

2,804.93

0.55

0.72

3,696.98

0.75

0.99

4,646.86

0.99

1.30

5,578.45

1.22

1.59

6,465.19

1.45

1.90

7,448.68

1.70

2.22

8,340.86

1.96

2.57

9,232.90

2.24

2.94

10,164.52

2.51

3.29

11,057.92

2.80

3.67

11,952.08

3.08

4.04

12,761.14

3.28

4.31

13,472.62

3.86

5.07

14,465.32

4.76

6.24

15,231.20

4.99

6.54

16,000.57

5.31

6.96

16,994.27

5.55

7.27

17,862.85

6.13

8.04

18,781.38

7.36

9.66

20,486.98

8.31

10.90

 

Table 59. TF-2 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)
Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

829.67

0.03

0.03

1,760.89

0.09

0.12

2,604.89

0.17

0.22

3,559.11

0.25

0.33

4,509.78

0.35

0.46

5,438.67

0.46

0.60

6,372.00

0.57

0.75

8,220.00

0.83

1.09

10,084.00

1.13

1.48

11,006.67

1.29

1.70

13,812.44

1.92

2.53

16,591.11

2.64

3.48

19,472.89

4.22

5.55

22,352.00

6.47

8.51

25,278.67

8.71

11.46

Table 60. TF-3 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)
Vertical Settlement
(inch)
Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

883.61

0.03

0.04

2,692.89

0.25

0.33

3,590.22

0.41

0.54

5,333.33

1.01

1.33

6,311.11

1.22

1.60

8,088.89

1.98

2.60

9,866.67

2.67

3.50

10,755.56

3.13

4.10

13,333.33

4.42

5.80

14,666.67

5.41

7.10

16,156.89

7.52

9.87

17,503.56

10.52

13.80

Table 61. TF-4 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

1,496.46

0.04

0.06

2,157.57

0.08

0.10

3,211.69

0.27

0.36

4,128.22

0.47

0.62

5,072.21

0.70

0.92

6,015.01

0.94

1.23

6,930.25

1.16

1.53

8,837.16

1.71

2.25

10,703.07

2.34

3.08

14,250.89

3.34

4.40

 

Table 62. TF-5 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0

0

0

1,152

0.046214

0.060808

2,736

0.09353

0.123066

4,176

0.126134

0.165966

4,608

0.1733

0.228046

5,472

0.289825

0.381349

6,480

0.455363

0.599162

8,352

0.892178

1.173918

10,080

1.466227

1.929246

11,088

1.761062

2.317187

13,968

2.954815

3.887914

16,704

4.390352

5.776779

19,584

5.947989

7.826301

22,464

8.176841

10.759

25,344

9.917697

13.0496

10,944

9.843107

12.95146

0

8.705762

11.45495

0

8.700209

11.44764

2,448

0.512515

12.12201

3,744

0.663577

12.32077

5,616

0.822237

12.52953

8,496

1.007906

12.77384

11,232

1.19151

13.01542

16,992

1.785724

13.79728

22,464

3.312276

15.8059

25,920

4.924452

17.92719


Table 63. TF-6 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

889.74

0.06

0.08

1,764.73

0.20

0.27

2,522.17

0.26

0.34

3,718.49

0.38

0.50

4,546.27

0.48

0.64

5,357.84

0.65

0.85

6,255.09

0.73

0.96

8,011.64

0.93

1.22

9,850.08

1.82

2.39

13,449.91

2.27

2.99

18,706.79

3.16

4.15

21,447.16

3.68

4.84

24,041.44

4.24

5.58

26,687.14

4.76

6.27

29,321.85

5.34

7.02

30,643.85

5.79

7.62

31,937.57

6.25

8.22

33,305.27

6.83

8.99

35,809.33

7.66

10.08

38,714.79

8.76

11.52

41,250.78

10.75

14.15

43,827.56

11.95

15.73

 

Table 64. TF-7 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0

0

0

906.5827

0.14

0.19

1,843.848

0.31

0.40

2,727.728

0.48

0.63

3,579.004

0.65

0.86

4,443.513

0.90

1.19

5,359.769

1.08

1.42

6,237.56

1.29

1.70

7,992.877

1.75

2.30

9,808.05

2.29

3.01

10,739.62

2.59

3.41

13,366.63

3.65

4.80

15,953.95

4.89

6.44

18,656.81

6.54

8.61

21,257.23

7.80

10.27

24,085.41

9.54

12.55

26,573.67

12.46

16.39

Table 65. TF-8 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

901.25

0.19

0.24

1,784.19

0.39

0.51

2,673.33

0.60

0.78

3,610.08

0.81

1.07

4,460.27

1.00

1.32

5,317.64

1.20

1.58

6,194.72

1.42

1.87

7,942.55

1.87

2.46

9,762.13

2.38

3.13

10,636.89

2.66

3.50

13,345.60

3.62

4.76

16,003.43

4.70

6.18

18,547.61

5.90

7.76

21,274.89

7.35

9.67

23,999.31

8.62

11.34

26,608.37

10.10

13.29

29,178.74

13.51

17.77

 

Table 66. TF-9 PT Data.

Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

434.85

0.06

0.08

573.32

0.07

0.09

746.42

0.09

0.12

1,225.31

0.14

0.19

1,898.80

0.24

0.31

2,541.19

0.32

0.42

3,146.98

0.41

0.54

3,725.78

0.50

0.65

4,334.89

0.63

0.84

5,585.85

0.85

1.12

6,790.22

1.08

1.43

7,433.04

1.24

1.63

9,292.90

1.74

2.29

11,195.61

2.46

3.24

13,072.80

3.36

4.43

14,953.66

5.17

6.80

16,806.30

6.49

8.53

18,680.80

8.05

10.59

20,537.79

9.95

13.09

22,360.24

11.83

15.56

 

Table 67. TF-10 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

375.25

0.09

0.12

1,115.40

0.28

0.37

1,443.58

0.35

0.46

1,641.11

0.39

0.51

2,060.36

0.50

0.66

2,478.58

0.64

0.84

2,915.38

0.77

1.02

3,691.10

1.07

1.40

4,536.46

1.46

1.92

4,958.59

1.68

2.22

6,186.24

2.53

3.33

7,432.09

3.86

5.08

8,625.99

6.32

8.32

8,838.17

9.05

11.91

10,339.14

10.85

14.28

 

Table 68. TF-11 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

1,321.94

0.08

0.10

1,712.69

0.21

0.27

2,676.26

0.35

0.46

3,506.48

0.50

0.66

4,368.60

0.67

0.89

5,242.11

0.87

1.15

6,148.03

1.08

1.43

7,785.80

1.56

2.05

9,525.78

2.15

2.83

10,468.16

2.54

3.34

13,028.22

3.65

4.81

15,745.28

5.04

6.63

18,444.67

7.03

9.25

21,111.16

8.68

11.43

23,276.92

9.72

12.79

 

Table 69. TF-12 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

995.38

0.11

0.14

2,018.60

0.20

0.26

3,079.10

0.29

0.39

4,185.50

0.39

0.52

5,360.08

0.51

0.67

6,463.52

0.63

0.82

7,552.20

0.75

0.98

9,702.94

1.02

1.34

11,883.24

1.32

1.74

12,969.50

1.54

2.03

16,219.10

2.27

2.99

19,473.98

4.39

5.77

22,908.22

7.05

9.28

26,174.57

9.09

11.96

29,062.81

10.16

13.37

 

Table 70. TF-13 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0

0

0

762.3172

0.098888

0.125573

1,333.227

0.162839

0.20678

1,879.568

0.26315

0.334158

2,320.298

0.38099

0.483797

3,020.67

0.511435

0.649442

3,600.98

0.668502

0.848892

3,931.689

0.836782

1.06258

5,394.454

1.27596

1.620266

6,626.904

1.847268

2.345737

7,227.084

2.249614

2.856652

9,002.369

4.368862

5.547761

10,789.2

6.084915

7.726876

12,984.6

9.703566

12.32199

 

Table 71. TF-14 PT Data.


Applied Pressure
(psf)

Vertical Settlement
(inch)

Vertical strain
(percent)

0.00

0.00

0.00

580.06

0.16

0.21

1,191.94

0.25

0.32

1,829.39

0.35

0.46

2,466.98

0.45

0.59

3,001.13

0.54

0.71

3,611.30

0.64

0.84

4,225.24

0.74

0.98

5,402.42

0.94

1.24

6,620.61

1.15

1.51

7,233.56

1.28

1.68

9,042.58

1.65

2.18

10,965.38

2.07

2.72

12,738.15

2.53

3.33

14,571.33

3.08

4.05

16,460.84

3.68

4.84

18,314.54

4.45

5.85

20,140.13

5.51

7.25

22,071.79

7.13

9.39

23,603.11

9.65

12.69