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Piezocone Penetration Testing Overview

Cone penetrometer testing (CPT) involves pushing a cone instrument into the ground to continuously monitor tip resistance, sleeve friction, and porewater pressure, providing a fast and cost-effective means to assess soil properties. The test is well-suited for soft soils but not dense sands or stiff clays. Data from the test can be used to classify soils, determine soil parameters like shear strength and hydraulic conductivity, and develop a soil profile. Numerical software assists with analyzing and interpreting CPT data to characterize subsurface conditions.

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Piezocone Penetration Testing Overview

Cone penetrometer testing (CPT) involves pushing a cone instrument into the ground to continuously monitor tip resistance, sleeve friction, and porewater pressure, providing a fast and cost-effective means to assess soil properties. The test is well-suited for soft soils but not dense sands or stiff clays. Data from the test can be used to classify soils, determine soil parameters like shear strength and hydraulic conductivity, and develop a soil profile. Numerical software assists with analyzing and interpreting CPT data to characterize subsurface conditions.

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Piezocone Test(CPTu)

Prepared
By

Ahmed Abdelaziz
Adviser: Dr. Amr Elhakem
List of Contents
• Introduction.

• Installation of CPTu

• Soil Classification and Soil Parameters

• Numerical Software (CPeT- IT)

• Recommendation Readings
Introduction
•Cone penetrometer testing (CPT) is a fast, effective, and relatively
inexpensive system for collecting important soils parameters during a
geotechnical site investigation.

•Testing equipment consists of a cone on the end of a series of rods that are
pushed hydraulically into the ground. The typical rate of penetration is (1
in/s).

•It monitors :
point load or tip resistance (qc)

friction resistance (fs )

porewater pressure (u)


Introduction
•IT used for particularly for soft clays, soft silts, and in fine to medium sand
deposits. The test is not well adapted to gravel deposits or to stiff/hard
cohesive deposits.

It passed many phases by time:


Mechanical—the earliest type.


Electric friction—first modification using strain gauges to measure qc (point

resistance) and fs (side friction). (CPT)


Electric piezo is a modification to measuring the pore water pressure.

Seismic cone is a further modification to compute the shear. (CPTu)

wave velocity and compute dynamic shear modulus. (SCPTu)


Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages

Provides fast and continuous profiling

Equipment is economical and productive

Generates repeatable and reliable data that are not dependent on the operator

Can identify thin horizons of low strength


Advantages & Disadvantages
Disadvantages

Skilled operators are required

No drill cuttings or soil samples are produced

Limited penetration in gravels or cemented materials

Data are unreliable in unsaturated conditions, particularly in clayey soils


Correlations
qc = Qc / Ac

qt = qc + u2 * (1-a)

fs = Fs / As

Rf = (fs / qt) *100

Δu= u2 – u0

Bq= Δu / qn

qn = qt – бv

Qt = (qt – бv) / б’v


Soil Parameters
γ/ γw = 0.27 (log Rf) + 0.36 (log (qt/pa) +1.236
Rf: friction ratio (fs/qt)

Tan Ф’ = 1/2.68 ( log(qc/б’ v) +0.29 )

Su = (qt – бv) / Nkt


Nkt from (10 to 18)

St = (qt – бv ) / (Nkt * fs)

OCR = 0.25 (Qt) ^ 1.25


Soil Classification
Hydraulic Conductivity (k)
Software (CPeT-IT)
Software (CPeT-IT)
Soil Profile
Recommendation Readings
Guide to Cone Penetration Testing (
www.greggdrilling.com)
Thank You

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