Estudio experimental del módulo de reacción de la subrasante mediante el ensayo de Gato Plano en el plano horizontal

Abstract

This research has been made to propose a correlation for the reaction module of the subgrade obtained by the Flatjack test and laboratory or field test. The Flatjack test was developed to define stress levels and deformability in the field of rock mechanics. The Flatjack test provides the necessary information to get an estimated value for the reaction modules of the subgrade, then this value has been related to the reaction modules of the subgrade obtained from the triaxial test UU, Vésic equation, Bowles equation, and the static load test which was reached in the Rodrigo Vásconez postgraduate thesis. Finally, from the correlation achieved between the reaction module of the subgrade obtained by Flatjack test and static load test (30 cm), an expression is proposed to determine the reaction module of the subgrade, for a foundation of width B, using the data resulting from the Flatjack test.