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This study characterizes the dynamic responses of hammer weight and drop height in dynamic penetration tests. The tests were conducted using an instrumented dynamic cone penetrometer (IDCP) to obtain the dynamic responses during penetration. Various hammer weight and drop height types [...]Abstract
Dynamic penetration tests DPT have been routinely employed in the geotechnical characterization of the subsoil in different types of engineering projects. The evaluation of the results of these tests has been performed considering a limited number of parameters obtained in the field, [...]Abstract
Based on the principle of the Panda® penetrometer, a third-generation of variable-energy dynamic cone penetrometer has been developed in France: the Panda 3(1). This is an instrumented dynamic penetrometer which, by measuring strain, acceleration, and displacement on the rods, close [...]Abstract
Dynamic penetrometer is a worldwide practice in geotechnical exploration and the French Panda (1) lightweight variable energy is the most developed device nowadays. Widely used in France and other countries, The Panda penetrometer is relatively unknown for characterizing surface soils [...]Abstract
Chile is the third country with most tailing dams worldwide (764, of which 15% active, 62% inactive, and 23% abandoned). Today, one of the main challenges of the mining industry is to ensure environmental sustainability. To achieve this, it is not only necessary to have regulations [...]Abstract
This work presents both a summary of its implementation at two post-seismic sites: the island of Cephalonia (Greece), and the Petrinja (Croatia) along the Kupa river. In the first case, the main objective was to characterize the surface formations of the Koutavos plio-quaternary sedimentary [...]