CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



BACKGROUND 1 



CPT PRACTICE 3 



Data Interpretation 3 



Geotechnical Design 4 



APPROACH 5 



EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION 7 



Structural Frame 7 



Cone Penetrometer 7 



Instrumentation Console 9 



Drive Mechanism 12 



Water- Jetting System 12 



EQUIPMENT OPERATION 12 



Deployment 12 



Operation 13 



Data Acquired 16 



TEST PROGRAM 16 



DATA REDUCTION 19 



TEST RESULTS 19 



Norton Sound, Alaska 19 



Port Hueneme, California 26 



San Francisco Bay, California 27 



Coronado, California 33 



DISCUSSION 33 



CONCLUSIONS ..... 38 



RECOMMENDATIONS 39 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 39 



REFERENCES 39 



APPENDIX- INTERPRETATION AND USE OF CPT DATA 42 



