Summary of bias by each method for selected soils at loose and dense states
| Δ at = −0.3 (dense state) | Δ at = −0.05 (threshold) | Δ at = 0.1 (loose state) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pa | CE | EQ | R | P | CE | EQ | R | P | CE | EQ | R | |
| Da Nang | −0.04 | 0.00 | −0.19 | −0.01 | −0.06 | −0.07 | −0.13 | 0.02 | −0.08 | −0.11 | −0.09 | 0.04 |
| Erksak | 0.01 | 0.03 | −0.06 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| Hilton Mines | −0.04 | −0.08 | −0.20 | 0.15 | −0.07 | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.14 | −0.09 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Hokksund | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.08 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.26 |
| Ottawa | −0.02 | 0.00 | −0.15 | −0.10 | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Syncrude oil tailings | −0.14 | 0.01 | −0.15 | −0.10 | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
| Ticino 4 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.05 | 0.09 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.09 | −0.07 | −0.03 | −0.04 | 0.10 |
| Ticino 9 | 0.18 | 0.04 | −0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.10 | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Toyoura 160 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.22 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.04 | −0.02 | −0.02 | 0.14 |
| Average | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.13 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.09 | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 |
| P | CE | EQ | R | P | CE | EQ | R | P | CE | EQ | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Da Nang | −0.04 | 0.00 | −0.19 | −0.01 | −0.06 | −0.07 | −0.13 | 0.02 | −0.08 | −0.11 | −0.09 | 0.04 |
| Erksak | 0.01 | 0.03 | −0.06 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| Hilton Mines | −0.04 | −0.08 | −0.20 | 0.15 | −0.07 | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.14 | −0.09 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Hokksund | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.08 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.26 |
| Ottawa | −0.02 | 0.00 | −0.15 | −0.10 | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Syncrude oil tailings | −0.14 | 0.01 | −0.15 | −0.10 | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
| Ticino 4 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.05 | 0.09 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.09 | −0.07 | −0.03 | −0.04 | 0.10 |
| Ticino 9 | 0.18 | 0.04 | −0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.10 | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| Toyoura 160 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.22 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.04 | −0.02 | −0.02 | 0.14 |
| Average | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.13 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.09 | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.14 |
P for Plewes et al. (1992), CE for cavity expansion (Shuttle and Jefferies, 1998 and Ghafghazi and Shuttle, 2008), EQ for the simplified equations of Shuttle and Jefferies (1998), and R for Robertson (2010)
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