Assessing subgrade strength using an instrumented dynamic cone penetrometer

A Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Measuring Soil Penetration Resistance

ters to characterize both agricultural and rangeland A DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER soils, however, has been limited by concerns about (i) FOR MEASURING SOIL instrument cost, (ii) measurement repeatability, (iii) limited ranges of soil resistance that can be measured by PENETRATION RESISTANCE a single penetrometer, and (iv) difficulties in comparing Jeffrey E. Herrick* and Tim L. Jones data collec...

Evaluation of Properties of Soil Subgrade Using Dynamic Cone Penetration Index – A Case Study

––The performance of pavements depends to a large extent on the strength and stiffness of the subgrades. Subgrade strength (CBR) plays a major role in pavement design. Since determination of CBR value in field requires need of equipment and also time consuming alternatively one can be predict CBR value of subgrade in field from other soil support tests namely Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Index (DC...

Near-surface VSP surveys using the seismic cone penetrometer

We have found that high-quality vertical seismic profile (VSP) data can be collected for near-surface applications using the seismic cone penetrometer. Conemounted accelerometers are used as the VSP receivers, and a sledgehammer against the cone truck baseplate is used as a source. This technique eliminates the need to drill a borehole, thereby reducing the cost of the survey, and results in a ...

Percussive Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Geotechnical Surface Assessment with a Planetary

Introduction: During the past planetary surface missions, few instruments have been deployed to directly assess soil physical properties like density, soil strength (internal friction and cohesion), and pressure/sinkage curves, or their spatial variation. Several Soviet lunar missions were equipped with small cone vane penetrometers, and the Apollo astronauts also used two different manual pene...

Dynamic Cone Penetration Test to Assess the Mechanical Properties of the Subgrade Soh