Piezocone and Cone Penetration Test (CPTu and CPT) Applications in Foundation Engineering

Provides an in-depth discussion of CPT and CPTu testing as a method for providing more accurate and cost effective foundation designs

Abolfazl Eslami (Author), Sara Moshfeghi (Author), Hossein MolaAbasi (Author), Mohammad M. Eslami (Author)

9780081027660, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 November 2019

390 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg

Piezocone and cone penetration tests (CPTu and CPT) applications in foundation engineering includes different approaches for determining the bearing capacity of shallow foundations, along with methods for determining pile bearing capacity and settlement concepts. The use of soft computing (GMDH) neural networks related to CPT records and Geotechnical parameters are also discussed. In addition, different cases regarding the behavior of foundation performance using case records, such as shallow foundation, deep soil improvement, soil behavior classification (SBC), and bearing capacity are also included.

1. Geotechnical engineering
2. Background to foundation engineering
3. CPT equipment, performance, and records
4. Geotechnical parameters from CPT records
5. Soil behavior classification (SBC) using CPT and CPTu records
6. CPT in foundation engineering; scale effect and bearing capacity
7. CPT and CPTu applications for deep foundationebearing capacity
8. CPT and CPTu for foundation settlement and loadedisplacement (P?) estimation
9. CPT & CPTu for ground modification
10. CPT-based soft computing implementations in foundation engineering
11. Uncertainty and reliability in foundation engineering: CPT-Based approach
12. CPT and CPTu databases in foundation engineering

Subject Areas: Soil & rock mechanics [TNCC], Structural engineering [TNC], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN]