USE OF PIEZOCONE TESTS IN NON-TEXTBOOK MATERIALS

Cone penetration tests (CPT) and more recently piezocone tests (CPTU) have been used in geotechnical practice for a number of years. However, most of the geotechnical literature and available interpretation methods for the test results are for 'text book' soils, i.e. pure clay and pure sand. There is an increasing tendency now to also use CPT and CPTU more and more in other soils and materials. It is, therefore, important to know how to interpret the test results in the most meaningful way in these other materials. This paper considers practical examples of the use of CPT and CPTUs in a range of non-textbook materials including: intermediate, partly drained soils in the silt range; peat/organic soils; underconsolidated clays; soft rock including chalk; and mine tailings. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 883023.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Lunne, T
  • Powell, J
  • Robertson, P
• Conference:
  • ADVANCES IN SITE INVESTIGATION PRACTICE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN LONDON ON 30-31 MARCH 1995
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 438-51

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chalks; Clay; Compressibility; Cone penetrometers; Conferences; Measurement; Minerals; Organic compounds; Peat; Piezoelectricity; Silts; Soils; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• ITRD Terms: 4120: Chalk; 4177: Clay; 5905: Compressibility; 6178: Cone penetrometer; 8525: Conference; 6136: Measurement; 4051: Mineral; 7366: Organic; 4349: Peat; 6911: Piezoelectricity; 4149: Silt; 5722: Site investigation; 4156: Soil; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729281
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-2513-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 12 1996 12:00AM