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VertekCPT: Do you know about Soil Shear Strength ?
Shear strength is the ability of a material to resist shear forces - that is, forces that produce a sliding failure in the material parallel to the direction of the force. The diagram above demonstrat...
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New Canadian division for Gregg Drilling !
- Jun, 11, 2015
- Other News Other Geotechnical Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Gregg Drilling & Testing is pleased to announce its new Canadian division officially formed in 2014. Gregg Canada owns a field office in Fort McMurray and a corporate headquarters in Calga...
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VertekCPT: What is the effect of Overburden Stress on CPT testing ?
Overburden Stress, also called Vertical Stress or Overburden Pressure, is the pressure imposed on a layer of soil by the weight of the layers on top of it. Overburden stress can cause errors or drift...
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VertekCPT: Want to clarify the relation between SPT & CPT?
- Apr, 21, 2015
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Standard Penetration Testing (Spt)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
To determine the mechanical properties of soil, an engineer can rely on both CPT and SPT methods. Learn more on correlating test results in Vertek's latest post! In the Standard Penetration Test (SP...
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Vertek: Need help in selecting optimum cone penetrometer size?
- Apr, 08, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
CPT cones are available in multiple sizes, with the 10cm2 being the industry standard. Larger and smaller CPT cone sizes are also available tailored to the needs of any testing situation. Read on for...
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Vertek's latest news on the use of CPTu test results!
- Mar, 31, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Remediation Technology Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Apart from correcting and adjusting soil behavior type characterizations, pore pressure data can be used in a variety of ways, with the most important being the ability to estimate the groundwater con...
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Vertek CPT: What is Seismic Cone Penetration Testing?
- Mar, 12, 2015
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Seismic Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Get an introduction to Vertek's Seismic CPT in the following article and discover its unique capabilities! Seismic CPT or SCPT is a method of calculating the small strain shear modulus of the soil...
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Vertek CPT: How pore pressure data is used to correct and analyze CPT data?
- Feb, 27, 2015
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Data Management
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In continuation to the previous article provided by Vertek CPT University, pore pressure sensors are common to most modern CPT cones, enhancing the soil profiling procedure. But how pore pre...
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Vertek CPT University: Why CPT equipment is a versatile choice for detecting contamination?
- Feb, 18, 2015
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Cone Penetration Testing equipment was originally designed and still its most common use, is to characterize subsurface soil behavior types. But what happens when you invest in CPT equipment, is that...
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Do you know the difference between CPT and DCP? Read Vertek's post & find out!
- Feb, 13, 2015
- News On Publications Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Dynamic Cone Penetration (DCP) testing equipment, procedure and main difference against Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) is the subject of Verket's latest post. Read on for more details! Dynamic Cone...
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