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Gregg In Situ Environmental and Geotechnical Site Investigation Contractors • j Gregg In Situ Interpretations as of June 30,2004(Release 122A) ! Gregg In Situ's interpretation routine provides a tabular output of geotechnical parameters based on current published CPT correlations and is subject to change to reflect the current state of practice The interpreted values are not considered valid for all sal types The interpretations arae presented only as a guide for geotec ntcal use and should be carefully scrutinized for consideration in any geotechnical design } Reference to current literature is s#rongty recommended Gregg in Situ does not warranty the correctness or the appiicabirdy of any of the geotechnical parameters interpreted by the program and does not assume [ability for any use of the results in any design or review Representative hand calculations should be made for any parameter that is critical for design purposes The end user of the interpreted output should also be fully aware of the techniques and the limitations of any method used in this program The purpose of thn document is to intbin the user as to which methods were used and what the appropriate papers andfor publications are for further reference The CPT interpretations are based on values of tip,sleeve fiction and pore pressure averaged over a user specified interval(e g 0 20m) Note that Q is the tip resistance corrected for pore pressure effects and cl, is the recorded tip resistance Since all Gregg In Situ cones have equal end area friction sleeves, pore pressure corrections to sleeve fnction,fs,are not required The tip correction is q,=qo + (1-8) •u2 y where qc is the corrected tip resistance q,is the recorded tip resistance w is the recorded dynamic pore pressure behind the tip(02position) a is the Net Area Rabo for the oone(typically 0 85 for Gregg In Situ cones) The total stress cakxdations are based on sol unit weights that have been assigned to the Sad Behavior Type zones,from a user defined unit weight profile or by using a single value throughout the profile Effective vertical overburden stresses are plated based on a hydrostatic distribution of eguilibnum pore f pressures below the water table or from a user defined equilibrium pone pressure profile(this can be obtained from CPT dissipation tests) For over water projects the effects of the column of water have been taken into account as has the appropriate unit weight of water How this is done depends on where the instruments were zeroed(a on deck or at mud line) Details regarding the interpretation methods for all of the interpreted parameters are provided in Table 1 The appropriate references cited in Table 1 are listed in Table 2 Where methods are based on charts or tech nWes that are too complex to describe in this summary the user should refer to the cited material The estimated Sol Behavior Types(normalized and non-normalized)are based on the charts developed by 1 Robertson and Campanella shown in Figures 1 and 2 The Bq classificabon charts are not reproduced in this document but can be reviewed in Lurie, Robertson and Powell(1997)or Robertson(1990) Where the results of a calculation/interpretabon are declared `mvalxf the value will be represented by the text strings'-9999"or'-9999 0" In some cases the value 0 w it be used Invalid results will oeaar because of(and not limited to)one or a combination of - 1 Invalid or undefined CPT data(e g drilled out section or data gap) 2 Where the interpretation method is inappropriate,for example,drained parameters in an undrained material(and vice versa) The user must evaluate the site specific sal conditions and characteristics to properly apply the appropriate interpretation method J