In Situ Testing Technical Papers and Documents

Interested in the finer detail of the in-situ testing process? Looking for papers on geotechnical parameter correlations? Browse through a list of selected technical papers, guides and other documents on in situ testing in our in situ testing library. Click on the item to download a pdf version of the paper.

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Standards

We operate our in situ tests under international standards. Below are links to the standards organisations where the appropriate standards can be purchased.

ASTM 5778-12: Electronic Cone and Piezocone Testing
(http://www.astm.org/Standards/D5778.htm)

ASTM D6635-01: Flat Plate Dilatometer Testing
(http://www.astm.org/Standards/D6635.htm)

ASTM D7400 14: Downhole Seismic Testing
(http://www.astm.org/Standards/D7400.htm)

ISO 22476-1: 2012: Electrical Cone and Piezometer Testing
(http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=57728)

MORE INFORMATION ON IN SITU TESTING

If you haven’t found the in situ testing information you need in our in situ testing library, the sources on in-situ testing listed below are also worth exploring. Remember you can always call us with your in situ testing queries.

Peter Robertson
Dr. Peter Robertson (Professor Emeritus, Geotechnical Engineering) is a renowned expert on CPT. He has an excellent website full of useful information on the test, its interpretations and its applications.
www.cpt-robertson.com

Marchetti DMT
For information on the DMT and sDMT, Professor Silvano Marchetti’s website provides a huge amount of downloadable papers, power point presentations, images, videos and documents on the test:
www.marchetti-dmt.it

Paul Mayne
Another useful source of insitu testing information is Dr. Paul Mayne’s website, which has lots of downloadable information and links:
http://geosystems.ce.gatech.edu/Faculty/Mayne/Research/index.html

CPeT-IT Software
We highly recommend the CPT interpretation program, CPeT-IT and the associated CPT liquefaction software, CLiq by GeoLogismiki.
www.geologismiki.gr