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Use of laboratory shear wave velocity measurement to enhance in-situ data

2025· article· en· W4412905541 on OpenAlexaff
Mourad Karray, Daniel Verret

Bibliographic record

VenueIOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Canadian institutionsHydro-QuébecUniversité de Sherbrooke
Fundersnot available
KeywordsShear (geology)Wave velocityIn situGeologyMaterials sciencePhysicsComposite materialMeteorology

Abstract

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Abstract Shear wave velocity (Vs) plays a central role in soil dynamics and is widely used in seismic site classification, liquefaction assessment, and earthquake stability analysis. One of its distinguishing features is that it directly relates to small-strain shear modulus (G = ρVs2), making it the only mechanical property that can be consistently measured in both field and laboratory settings. Field measurements of Vs are particularly valuable because they capture soil stiffness in its natural, undisturbed state, offering insight into in-situ density conditions. Despite its relevance, Vs remains underutilized in geotechnical practice. Given its sensitivity to factors such as soil density, stress conditions, and preloading history, accurate measurement of Vs can provide a robust and reliable geotechnical parameter. Several studies have reported that shear wave velocities obtained from laboratory tests tend to be lower than those measured in the field. This discrepancy is commonly attributed to disturbances caused by the sample extraction process. Such disturbance effects are not limited to Vs measurements; they also impact other geotechnical properties assessed in the lab, such as undrained shear strength and pre-consolidation pressure. To address this issue, it is essential not only to work with high-quality clay specimens but also to develop strategies for quantifying and correcting sampling-induced alterations. This study introduces a novel method to evaluate the extent of disturbance resulting from sampling and specimen handling. It further proposes a correction approach for laboratory-derived stiffness parameters. These corrected values are then benchmarked against in-situ measurements obtained under undisturbed conditions. Finally, the adjusted laboratory data are integrated to enhance the interpretation of field measurements in stres-strain analyses.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.007

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.023
GPT teacher head0.211
Teacher spread0.188 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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