Online References for Our CPT and Rock Coring Equipment

www.geopoint.nl/eng - Has links to technical data on cones and CPT equipment.

www.apvandenberg.com – Has links to technical data on some of our cones, rig and CPT equipment.

www.vertek.ara.com – Has links to technical data on cones, CPT and sampling equipment.

http://www.boartlongyear.com/html/products/core_drilling.php – Has a dropdown menu with technical data on the LTK60 line of core drilling equipment we use.

Online References for CPT Testing

Cone Penetration Testing in Geotechnical Practice - Lunne, Robertson and Powell. The current definitive text on CPT.

http://www.civil.ubc.ca/home/rgc/ - Dr. Dick Campanella’s website with excellent articles, software and links to CPT and other insitu testing information.

http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~geosys/Faculty/Mayne/papers/index.html - Dr. Paul Mayne’s list of downloadable papers on CPT and insitu testing.

http://www.nmead.ufrgs.br/fernando/selectedPapers.htm - Dr. Fernando Schaid's list of downloadable papers on insitu testing and soil mechanics.

http://www.icsmge2005.org/pdf_files_for_the_conference_lectures.shtml- PDF files from the 2005 TC-16 Ground Property Characterization by In Situ Tests conference in Osaka, Japan.

http://www.liquefaction.com/ - A clearinghouse style site with articles, software and links to further CPT and insitu testing information sites.

Vibratory Compaction of Coarse-Grained Soils (PDF) - 2002 article in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal describing CPT application to this topic. (Author: Massarsch, KR, Fellenius, BH Publication: Canadian Geotechnical Journal Publ data: 2002, vol 39, no 3, pp 695-709).

Deformation Properties of Fine-Grained Soils from Siesmic Tests -  Provides a link to an interesting article (PDF) describing the determination fine-grained soil deformation at low and large strain based on seismic investigations compared to other techniques. (Preprint of paper submitted to ISC'2 Conference on Site Characterization. Massarsch, K. R. 2004. Deformation properties of fine-grained soils from seismic tests. Keynote lecture, International Conference on Site Characterization, ISC’2, 19 – 22 Sept. 2004, Porto, 14 pages)  

Effects of Vibratory Compaction (PDF) - Paper by K. R. Massarch presented in October, 2003 at the TransVib conference in Louvain, Belgium. Shows a graphic method to quickly determine the suitability of vibratory compaction for a soil column based on CPT tip friction and friction ratio.

Site Characterization Technologies for DNAPL Investigations (PDF) - EPA guidance document includes information for interpreting CPT resistivity cone data in DNAPL plume delineation.

Seismic CPT Discussion - Baziw Consulting Engineers website. Includes links to interpretation software and articles on SCPT application.

3DGeophysics - A Minnesota-based company specializing in seismic and geophysical investigations.