A fuzzy classification routine for fine-grained soils

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2015-061" target="_blank" >10.1144/qjegh2015-061</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A fuzzy classification routine for fine-grained soils
Original language description
Soil classification is one of the most important stages in preliminary studies for design applications in geotechnical engineering. The classification of fine-grained soils is mostly determined using Casagrande's plasticity chart. However, owing to the factors affecting determination of liquid and plastic limits, uncertainties can arise in fine-grained soil classification when using this approach. The uncertainty increases particularly when the points on the chart fall on the lines that separate certain soil classes (A-line and/or 50% liquid limit line) or very close to these lines. In this study, a fuzzy classification routine is proposed to minimize these uncertainties. For this purpose, the spatial distances of the evaluation points on the chart from the lines were used as a controlling unit. The membership degrees that define the fuzzified soil (clay and/or silt), and plasticity (low and/or high plasticity), were evaluated by considering sigmoid functions. As a consequence, the soil types were established by aggregating fuzzified soil and plasticity using the fuzzy operators.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
JN - Civil engineering
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
Quarterly journal of engineering geology and hydrogeology
ISSN
1470-9236
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
344-349
UT code for WoS article
000390459400009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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