Location of Solution Channels and Sinkholes at Dam Sites and Backwater Areas by Seismic Methods: Part II

Authors

Vincent P. Drnevich, University of Kentucky
D. Raghu, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Four seismic field methods and a laboratory method are used to determine shear wave propagation velocities and shear moduli for two sites. The four seismic methods are: standard seismic refraction survey, down hole shooting refraction survey, transient Rayleigh wave survey, and crosshole shooting survey. A torsional resonant column apparatus was used for the laboratory tests. The cross hole shooting method gave the best results because direct measurements were made. Criteria for using this method are given. Methods which measure compression wave velocity give inconsistent results because the conversion to shear wave velocity is very sensitive to Poisson's ratio. Laboratory tests data gave consistently low values. Strength reduction due to sampling was one cause advanced. Laboratory tests also showed increase in values with time. Strength and time effect corrections were applied to the laboratory data and then comparisons were made with the field data.

Publication Date

8-1972

Report Number

55

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kwrri.rr.55

Funding Information

The work on which this report was supported in part by funds provided by the Office of Water Resources Research, United States Department of the Interior, as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964.

Repository Citation

Drnevich, Vincent P. and Raghu, D., "Location of Solution Channels and Sinkholes at Dam Sites and Backwater Areas by Seismic Methods: Part II" (1972). KWRRI Research Reports. 140.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kwrri_reports/140