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A note on Hvorslev's shape factor for a flush bottom piezometer in uniform soil

  • Silvestri, Vincenzo (Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique) ;
  • Bravo-Jonard, Christian (Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique) ;
  • Abou-Samra, Ghassan (Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique)
  • Received : 2010.06.30
  • Accepted : 2011.02.24
  • Published : 2011.06.25
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Abstract

This note presents an analytical solution for the determination of the shape factor of a flush bottom piezometer in a uniform, isotropic, and incompressible deep soil deposit. The deduced shape factor is compared to published values obtained by approximate methods. Depending on the selected value, the difference may reach 11%.

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