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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A test to determine the shearing strength of cohesive soils in situ. The appliance consists of four blades projecting from a shaft at 90° intervals, and as these are rotated in the ground they generate a cylinder of soil thus determining the unit shearing strength of the mass in its natural environment. A light drill is first used to reach the depth required and the vane then driven into the deposit.  4, record 1, English, - vane%20test

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The vane test is carried out in a borehole while the box shear test or the triaxial compression test is a laboratory determination.  4, record 1, English, - vane%20test

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Four sources out of five defined "vane test" as a field or in place test as opposed to laboratory test.  5, record 1, English, - vane%20test

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

As per source "Dictionary of Geotechnics" by S.H. Somerville and M.A. Paul (SOMGE), 1983, field vane test should be considered as a specific.  5, record 1, English, - vane%20test

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le scissomètre [...] est constitué d'un moulinet à quatre pales en croix, foncé dans le sol à l'aide d'un train de tubes [...] Arrivé à la profondeur d'essai désirée, le fonçage est arrêté et l'on procède à l'essai proprement dit. Celui-ci consiste à entraîner le moulinet en rotation par l'intermédiaire d'un train de tiges tournant sans frottement dans le train de tubes, et à mesurer le moment résistant [...] correspondant. [...] L'interprétation de l'essai au scissomètre se fait en supposant que le cisaillement du sol s'effectue sur la surface du cylindre circonscrit au moulinet [...]  4, record 1, French, - essai%20au%20scissom%C3%A8tre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish