The following British Standard is available as a Draft for Public Comment (DPC): BS 1377-9 – Methods of test for civil engineering purposes – Part 9: In-situ tests until 6 August.
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The methods described are grouped as follows:
a) Seven methods for the determination of the in-situ density comprising four methods by direct measurement of density and three indirect methods by correlation of other properties of the soil.
b) Four principal methods for the determination of in-situ penetration resistance comprising three types of static cone penetration test, dynamic probing, dynamic cone penetration tests and the standard penetration test.
c) Four methods for the determination of the vertical deformation and strength characteristics comprising the plate load test, shallow pad maintained load test, in‑situ California bearing resistance (CBR) test and in‑situ vane test.
d) Two methods for the determination of the in-situ corrosivity characteristics