Table 1.

Summary of soils parameters accounted for and inputs of CPT interpretation

MethodsSoil properties accounted forCPT inputsIndependent measurementsAssumed or measured field variables
Been et al. (1986) 
λ10
qt,u2
Triaxial and pressuremeter testsσv0,σv0,K0
Plewes et al. (1992) λ10,Mtc
qt,u2,fs
Triaxial and pressuremeter testsσv0,σv0,K0
Cavity expansion (Ghafghazi and Shuttle, 2008 ; Shuttle and Jefferies, 1998)G,p0Mtc,N,H,λ,ν
qt,u2,fs
Triaxial, pressuremeter tests and shear wave velocity measurementσv0,σv0,G,K0
Simplified equations of Shuttle and Jefferies (1998) 
G,p0Mtc,N,H,λ,ν
qt,u2,fs
Triaxial tests, pressuremeter tests and shear wave velocity measurementσv0,σv0,G, K0
Robertson (2010) 
qt,fs
N/Aσv0,σv0

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