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Cone Penetration Test

CPT involves pushing a cone-shaped probe into soil to measure properties like tip resistance and sleeve friction without disturbing the soil. Key aspects include using a 10-15 cm2 cone pushed at 2 cm/s to obtain continuous profiles, processing data to correct for factors like pore pressure, and following standards from organizations like ASTM and ISSMGE. CPT data provides information on soil stratigraphy and parameters.

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Cone Penetration Test

CPT involves pushing a cone-shaped probe into soil to measure properties like tip resistance and sleeve friction without disturbing the soil. Key aspects include using a 10-15 cm2 cone pushed at 2 cm/s to obtain continuous profiles, processing data to correct for factors like pore pressure, and following standards from organizations like ASTM and ISSMGE. CPT data provides information on soil stratigraphy and parameters.

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Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Cone Penetration Testing (CPT)

Full displacement in situ test


Tom's First Two Lectures: without soil sampling

1. What does CPT/CPTU measure? – Historical Cylindrical probe (10 or 15


overview, CPT/CPTU in today's practice, CPT cm2) with 60° tip
equipment and procedures, deployment systems, data
acquisition.
Push method of deployment
typically at ≈ 2 cm/s
2 CPT data processing: corrections, accuracy, data
quality, standards and specifications. Test results are used to
evaluate soil stratigraphy
and soil properties

Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Electric Cone


Standards of Reference: Penetrometer (CPT)
Strain gauge based load cells to
measure tip force and sleeve force
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):
- D3441 "Mechanical Cone Penetration Tests of Soil"
- D5778 "Performing Electric Friction Cone and Piezocone
Penetration Testing of Soils"
- D6067 "Using the Electric Cone Penetrometer for Environmental
Site Characterization"

International Standard (ISSMGE):


"International Reference Test Procedure for the Cone Penetration
Test (CPT) and the Cone Penetration Test with pore pressure
(CPTU)"

Piezocone Penetration CPT/CPTU Deployment


Testing (CPTU) Portable push frames

Additional measurement of pore pressure


Multiple options → most common is on the
shoulder just behind the tip = u2.
Measurement at the tip = u1

1
CPT/CPTU Deployment Conventional Drill Rig
CPT/CPTU Deployment
Small and large size
cone trucks

Flat bed truck

CPT/CPTU Field Measurements CPT/CPTU Reduced Data


Typical Field Measurements:
Tip Resistance qc qc = Ft/At
1. Cone geometry – tip area A t (usually 10 or 15
cm2), sleeve area As (usually 150 cm2)
Sleeve friction fs fs = Fs/As
2. Tip force – F t

3. Sleeve friction force – Fs Friction Ratio Rf (%) Rf = fs/qc


4. Pore pressure u1, or u2, etc.
Corrected CPTU
Tip Resistance qt qt = qc + u2(1-a)
5. Inclination – vertical and horizontal
(a = net area ratio)

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