• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.275-280
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• 2001

Although important developments have taken place since ESOPT 1974 both with respect to the test method as well as the interpretation of the results, many uncertainties still remain in the Standard Penetration Test(SPT). The main pitfall of SPT is that it has not been standardized differing from its terminology and further, the possibility of standardization is very low in practice. Therefore, lack of knowledge on the equipment and method of SPT tends to cause some errors in interpretation of the results. It Is especially important to understand this tendency in domestic design, because most foundations are designed based on SPT results only. Many researchers have made an effort to minimize the uncertainties of SPf in Korea, it is not cleary defined what the most effective method of execution and interpretation of SPT Some uncertainties which many geotechnical engineers encounter in practice are introduced to discuss about improvement of test procedure and interpretation.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.21-35
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• 2015

Electrical resistivity survey (2D and 3D) were employed for detection of possible weak zone of core zones of three central core earth-rockfill dams in Korea. In the 2D results, the core zones is lower resistivity zone with less than $50{\sim}400ohm{\cdot}m$, and the basement is relatively higher resistivity zone with over $1,000ohm{\cdot}m$. In the 3D results, especially, the weak zone with under $100ohm{\cdot}m$ was detected spatial distribution area in the dam. We also drilled boreholes to collect soil samples of core zones of each dam. Water was not used during boring, because water for rotary wash boring could cause structural damages in earth dams. We found that the soil samples of core zones from all of the boreholes correspond to CL (USCS), but we also found that the fluidized or water-saturated soil samples were found in lower resistivity zones. Therefore, the electrical resistivity survey and drilling method without water are a quick and efficient method for structural-health evaluation which is detection of possible weak zones in earth core rockfill dams.