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Topic: Investigations
Subject: CPTU
 
Author: Hugh 2005-12-22  
     
  CPTU-what does "U" here stand for?  
   

 

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  Author: T. Stevens 2006-01-08  
     
 
"U" stands for "pore pressure". "CPTU" is short for "piezocone", which is a Cone Penetrometer equipped to measure pore pressure at the cone point (usually just behind the cone; the measurement is then called "U2".

T. Stevens, UniSoft ltd.
 
     

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  Author: Jimmy 2006-06-08  
     
  In my memory, the pore pressure is expressed as "U" in Soil Mechanics.  
     

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