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Title: INNOVATIVE USE OF THE CONE PENETROMETER TEST FOR HIGHWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND MONITORING
Accession Number: 00755157
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The cone penetrometer test (CPT) is an important tool for use in geotechnical and environmental site characterization for the transportation sector. Its role as both a primary investigation technique and as a component in an overall exploration strategy are explained. The types of sensors currently used with the CPT are discussed. Among the most promising new CPT technologies are a soil moisture probe and a fluorescence detection system. Laboratory and field results using a soil moisture probe jointly developed by Ohio University and Applied Research Associates for use with the CPT are presented. Also, application of the fuel fluorescence detector (FFD) for locating hydrocarbon contamination is presented, and typical data obtained with the FFD are illustrated and discussed.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1626, Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Mitchell, GShinn II, J DPagination: p. 120-128
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309064716
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Oct 29 1998 12:00AM
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