Discussion

Match the following site investigation in-situ test on the soil according to their characteristic parameter :

Test	Characteristic Parameters
(a) Standard Penetration Test	(i) Measures the soils reaction to the continuous hydraulic insertion of a cone into the ground
(b) Probing Penetration Test	(ii) It is dynamic penetration test carried out inside borehole on granular soil
(c) Cone Penetration Test	(iii) To determine the undrained shear strength of soft cohesive soils
(d) Field Vane Test	(iv) It estimate soils penetration resistance according to depth.

Answer: C

The correct match is a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii.

Standard Penetration Test: a dynamic test done inside a borehole, mainly in granular soils (ii).
Probing penetration test: driving a probe to estimate penetration resistance with depth (iv).
Cone Penetration Test: measures the soil's response to a cone pushed continuously into the ground hydraulically (i).
Field vane test: gives the undrained shear strength of soft cohesive soils (iii).

The first code gives the probing test the cone description, and the second and fourth misplace the SPT, which is the dynamic borehole test.

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