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EGG <br /> Gregg In Situ <br /> Environmental and Geotechnical Site Investigation Contractors _ <br /> Gregg In Situ CPT Interpretations as of January 7, 1999 (Release 1.0019) <br /> Gregg In Situ's Interpretation routine should be considered a calculator of current published CPT <br /> correlations and is subject to change to reflect the current state of practice The interpreted values are not <br /> considered valid for all sod types The interpretations are presented only as a guide for geotechnical use <br /> and should be carefully scrutinized for consideration in any geotechnical design Reference to current <br /> literature is strongly recommended <br /> The CPT interpretations are based on values of tip, sleeve friction and pore pressure averaged over a <br /> user specified interval (typically 0 25m) Note that Qt is the recorded tip value, Qc, corrected for pore <br /> pressure effects Since all Gregg In Situ cones have equal end area friction sleeves, pore pressure <br /> corrections to sleeve friction, Fs, are not required <br /> The tip correction is Qt=Qc+(1-a) .Ud <br /> where Qt is the corrected tip load <br /> Qc is the recorded tip toad <br /> Ud is the recorded dynamic pore pressure <br /> a is the Net Area Ratio for the crone(typically 0 85 for Gregg In Situ cones) <br /> Effective vertical overburden stresses are calculated based on a hydrostatic distribution of equilibrium <br /> pore pressures below the water table or from a user defined equilibrium pore pressure profile (this can be <br /> obtained from CPT dissipation tests) The stress calculations use unit weights assigned to the Sod <br /> Behavior Type zones or from a user defined unit weight profile <br /> Details regarding the interpretation methods for all of the interpreted parameters is given in table 1 The <br /> appropriate references referred to in table 1 are listed in table 2 <br /> The estimated Soil Behavior Type is based on the charts developed by Robertson and Campanella shown <br /> in figure 1 <br /> Table 1 CPT Interpretation Methods <br /> Interpreted Description Equation fief <br /> Parameter <br /> Depth mid layer depth <br /> AvgQt I Averaged corrected tip(Qt) <br /> A vgQ1= 1 Qt I <br /> AvgFs Averaged sleeve friction(Fs) 1 <br /> I I AvgFs= Fs, <br /> n I <br /> AvgRf Averaged friction ratio(R$ AvgRf= Av Fs <br /> 100%• g <br /> AvgQ1 <br /> AvgUd Averaged dynamic pore pressure(Ud) I 1 <br /> AvgUd=-EUd, <br /> n <br /> SBT Sod Behavior Type as defined by Robertson and Campanella 1 <br /> 1 <br />