Empirical Factors for Miniature Cone and T-bar Penetrometers for Kaolin Clay

Undrained shear strength is a key parameter of clay and is popularly determined by penetrometers. Miniature penetrometers are preferred to estimate the undrained shear strength of clay for small-size model tests. In order to estimate undrained shear strength, an empirical factor should be established to correlate the tip resistance to the undrained shear strength. However, published data on miniature penetrometers are limited. This paper aims to...