Table 9.

Summary of Δψ bias by each method for selected soils at loose and dense states

Δψ=ψtrendline-ψselected
Δψatψ= −0.3 (dense state)Δψatψ= −0.05 (threshold)Δψatψ= 0.1 (loose state)
PaCEEQRPCEEQRPCEEQR
Da Nang−0.040.00−0.19−0.01−0.06−0.07−0.130.02−0.08−0.11−0.090.04
Erksak0.010.03−0.06−0.020.030.040.010.070.050.050.050.12
Hilton Mines−0.04−0.08−0.200.15−0.070.02−0.060.14−0.090.080.030.14
Hokksund0.010.01−0.080.030.02−0.010.000.170.02−0.030.040.26
Ottawa−0.020.00−0.15−0.100.000.02−0.030.060.010.030.050.15
Syncrude oil tailings−0.140.01−0.15−0.10−0.010.01−0.040.080.070.010.030.19
Ticino 40.060.01−0.050.09−0.02−0.01−0.050.09−0.07−0.03−0.040.10
Ticino 90.180.04−0.080.020.030.02−0.010.10−0.060.020.030.14
Toyoura 1600.01−0.02−0.22−0.01−0.02−0.02−0.090.08−0.04−0.02−0.020.14
Average0.010.00−0.130.00−0.010.00−0.040.09−0.020.000.010.14
a

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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