REPORT ON ISOPT-1. PENETRATION TESTING IN THE UK. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AND HELD IN BIRMINGHAM ON 6-8 JULY 1988

The paper reports on the successful International Symposium on Penetration Testing held at Orlando, Florida in March 1988. The principal purpose was to present for discussion proposed International Reference Test Procedures developed by the ISSMFE Technical Committee on Penetration Testing. These are discussed and a history of attempts to standardise commonly used penetration tests is given. Nine invited lectures from world experts are reviewed together with a selection of papers from those submitted to the Symposium.(A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 828222.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Leach, B A
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 9-21
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Telford (Thomas) Limited
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Dynamic penetration test; Equipment; Pendulum tests; Soil mechanics; Standardization; Static penetration test
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00604771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7277-1531-3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM