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The Cone Penetration Test (CPT) is a valuable tool for continuous soil profiling and estimating soil properties. A CPT sounding will often pass through the active zone of an unsaturated soil profile, near the ground surface where moisture conditions and matric suction can vary considerably with depth and time. For many projects, the active zone is also significant to the support of shallow foundations and overlying embankments. However, the strength and stiffness of the unsaturated soils in this zone can be significantly affected by variations in the moisture content and matric suction. Likewise, the cone penetration tip resistance and sleeve friction will be influenced by the variations in moisture conditions and suction. Therefore, it is important to consider the soil moisture conditions when CPTs are conducted relative to the moisture conditions assumed for geotechnical design. This paper presents a method for predicting changes in tip resistance as result of changes in matric suction. The method extends the bearing capacity theory to predict changes in cone tip resistance due to changes in matric suction. CPT data collected at test sites, during wet and dry seasons and representing different soil types, are presented to demonstrate the viability of the proposed method.

A method for predicting the influence of matric suction changes on CPT tip resistance