ABSTRACT
As a part of the activities of the Technical Committee TC-29, typical case histories in Japan of the applications of advanced laboratory stress-strain test results of geomaterials to geotechnical practice are summarized. They consist of eighteen cases: eight buildings, two bridges, two LNG tanks, one nuclear power plant, one rock-fill dam, one road embankment, one tunnel, one subway station and one test site for vertical shaft and tunnels. Advanced triaxial tests were conducted in twelve cases, among which axial strains were measured locally in eight cases. In six cases, the laboratory test results were employed before construction to predict full-scale behavior. In the other cases, they were used during/after construction to simulate full-scale behavior and to analyze field test results.
