... ABSTRACT In this study, authors discussed a utilization of electric logging method for a liquefaction evaluation targeting a detached house ground survey. Swedish weight sounding (SWS) has been the most popular survey method for a detached house in Japan, however, it can't identify a soil...

... Correlation between Liquefaction Resistance and Penetration Resistance of Swedish Weight Sounding Tests Kenta Kumada Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Kanda-surugadai, Tokyo, Japan Noriaki Sako Department of Architecture and Life Design...

... Abstract Wedish Weight Sounding test is widely used as a research method to evaluate the residential sites. Advantage of Swedish Weight Sounding test is the ability to evaluate the bearing capacity of residential sites. On the other hand, a disadvantage of Swedish Weight Sounding test...

... ABSTRACT: In Japan, the Swedish Weight Sounding (SWS) test is a popular and essential method for evaluating the ground bearing capacity in home site. Measurement of groundwater level using a SWS test hole is applicable only when a groundwater sensor or a rod with tapeline for eye measurement...

...Estimation of Undrained Shear Strength Using Swedish Weight Sounding Mamoru Fujii, Yurie Kamiya, Ken Watanabe Department of Architecture and Building Eng., Tokai University Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan . Katsuya Matsushita Misawa Homes Co., Ltd Tokyo, Japan ABSTRACT The undrained shear strength...

.... Koutoh-ku, Tokyo, Japan ABSTRACT In Japan, since the Housing Quality Assurance Act was enacted in 2000, the Swedish weight sounding test, hereinafter written as the SWS, has been widely used to examine performance levels of housing lots because there are some advantages in the SWS as it is compared...

... Measuring the Groundwater Level Using a Hole of the Swedish Weight Sounding Test C. Kim Department of Engineering, Hokoku Engineering Corporation Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, Japan K. Tei Department of Engineering, Crea-Tec Corporation Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan M. Fujii Department of Architecture...

...A New Operation System for Swedish Weight Sounding Test Deducting a RodsFriction A. Ikegame Tokyo City University Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan N. Suemasa Tokyo City University Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan T. Tanaka Tokyo City University Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan S. Yamato Japan Inspection Organization Co...

... This paper proposes a new operation system for the Swedish weight sounding test, in which a screw point is consistently rotated and torque of the rotation is measured during the test. The added information about the torque enabled new interpretation of the test results. The interpretation...

... attention in accordance with the enforcement of the housing quality assurance law in 2001, where measures to judge defects associated with the floor lean and cracking are specified. This paper deals with the state of the art of Swedish weight sounding method (hereafter denoted as SWS) that has been widely...