ABSTRACT
Considering that thermo-active foundations may be built in a large variety of soils and the difficulty of predicting how temperature variations can affect the shear resistance of a material, it seems necessary to develop a quick and easy-to-use test to compare the impacts of thermal stresses on the soil parameters. In this study, a high-resolution mini-penetration test was developed. The method supplies parameters like those of the penetrometer test currently used to calculate the bearing capacities of piles. The aim of the test is to rapidly determine the impact of thermal variation on the shear resistance of different soils.
