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Civilab
E-mail: frank@civilab.co.za ▪ Website: www.civilab.co.za Civil Engineering Testing Laboratories
Dynamic Cone Penetration Test
Blu Valley Golf Estate, Stand
Project : Start Depth : 0
4627 (Lee Ndhlovu)
Project No : 2016-H-1616 Operator : Gerhard Meyer
Location : TP 1 Instrument Type : One metre
Date Tested : 03 November 2016 Date Processed : 16 November 2016
Co-Ordinates : - Remarks : -
No. of Instrument Depth in mm per CBR % Elastic
Blows Reading mm blow Value Moduli MPa
0 0 0 0 0 0
5 15 15 3.0 101.6 348
10 93 93 15.6 12.5 60
15 187 187 18.8 9.9 50
20 287 287 20.0 9.1 46
25 358 358 14.2 14.1 67
30 415 415 11.4 18.6 84
35 472 472 11.4 18.6 84
40 527 527 11.0 19.5 88
45 584 584 11.4 18.6 84
50 640 640 11.2 19.1 86
55 680 680 8.0 29.2 123
60 722 722 8.4 27.5 117
65 767 767 9.0 25.2 108
70 810 810 8.6 26.7 114
75 865 865 11.0 19.5 88
80 890 890 5.0 53.1 202
85 920 920 6.0 42.1 167
No of Blows vs. Depth of Penetration
200
400
Depth in mm
600
800
1000
1200
0 20 40 60 80 100
No of blows
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