Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Foundation Design
Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Foundation Design
(OP)
Have any of you, with experience working in a geotechnical testing agency, developed correlations for the soils in your area between the DCP and soil properties or between DCP and any other penetration test (i.e. SPT)? I always thought of the DCP as a method for pavement analysis/design and for verification of soil conditions during construction (which will need correlations with another method), until a geotech testing agency sent me a set of DCP tests, which were used in the design of several spread footings. He did not provide any data to support his bearing capacity calculations. They claim to have developed their own correlations for the area. He did not specify with what method was the test correlated. Just wondering what your experience with this method for foundation design has been?





RE: Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Foundation Design
thread256-63347
thread256-41671
thread274-156395
RE: Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Foundation Design
The DCP in question is a 1-3/8"diam rod with a 45deg cone point and a 15 lb steel ring weight falling 20" on an E-rod slided drive.