Laboratory tests are essential for optimal geotechnical design. Fugro conducts many hundreds of laboratory tests every year. The standard working method is to derive model parameters (φ', and c', etc.) from measurement data (including stress-strain diagram). Measurement data is then compressed into a set of model parameters that, together with the model, tries to approximate the measurement data as closely as possible.
Simulating civil engineering infrastructures, for example, a dike with the finite element method and a soil constitutive model provides the opportunity to combine the entire datasets of laboratory test, field monitoring, and to optimize the design parameters of sheet piles.
Further research is required at both the laboratory and field scale, for example, (1) to fit various laboratory data simultaneously using advanced parameter identification approaches or (2) to extract hidden links between model parameters and their link with CPT data and/or geological units, developing a practical application for engineering issues.
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