Implantation and characterization of an experimental area for mechanic of the soils and foudations studies at Vergueiro campus of Uninove, in São Paulo (SP)

Abstract

This article deals with the implantation and characterization of an experimental area for mechanic of the soils and foundations at Vergueiro campus in Centro Universitário Nove de Julho (Uninove), São Paulo (SP). In order to characterize the subsoil, standard penetration tests (SPT) were performed in order to verify maximum and residual torques, besides carrying out laboratorial tests of simple geotechnic description which make possible to determinate the limits of liquidity (LL) and of the plasticity (LP) of the hygroscopic humidity, at the moment of collecting samples and the specific seeds weight of the material. These tests carried out in Laboratório de Mecânica dos Solos e Geologia da Uninove and Laboratório de Geotecnia e Transportes da Faculdade de Engenharia Civil da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) have used deformed samples collected meter after meter in the drilling local. More than offering geotechnic data from the studied subsoil to the technical medium, we have seek, by means of this research, to create a reference on geotechnic information that stated bases to future publications in which this experimental area is mentioned.