CONTENTS Pages Forward vii Preface ix Report: 1 Report: IGS: TC-16 Committee 1 Report: 2 Standard Penetration Test (SPT) 13 Appendix: SPT-1: IS Code 2131-1981 22 Appendix: SPT-2: IS Code 9640-1980 33 Appendix: SPT-3: ISSMFE-TC Reference SPT 43 Appendix: SPT-4: Draft IS 9640-1998 (Proposed) 51 Appendix: SPT-5: Recommended Revised IS 2131 with 52 Code of practice for Interpretation Report: 3 Pressuremeter Test 73 Recommendations abstracted from ISSMFE Report: 4 Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT) 91 - A Subsurface Sounding Test Appendix: DCP-1: IS Code 4968 (Part I)-1976 100 Appendix: DCP-2: IS Code 10589-1983 111 Appendix: DCP-3: Recommended DCP by TC-16 129 of ISSMFE (Not Reproduced) Appendix: DCP-4: Recommended IS 4968(Part I) 130 Appendix: DCP-5: Recommended IS 10589 134 Appendix: DCP-6: Code of Practice to Interpret 135 recommended Code Appendix: DCP-7: Data Sheet and Analysis for DCPT 142 Report: 5 Dynamic Cone Probing with Bentonite Circulation 147 (DCPB) Appendix: DCPB-1: IS Code 4968 (Part II) (1976) 151 Appendix: DCPB-2: Report by Dr. D. S. Tolia 161 Appendix: DCPB-3: List of amendments recommended. 166 Report: 6 Cone Penetration Test (CPT) 167 (Static Cone Test) Appendix: CPT-1: IS Code 4968 (Part: III)-1976 170 Appendix: CPT-2: ISSMFF: TC 16 Recommendations 185 for CPT (Not Reproduced) Appendix: CPT-3: State of Art in India 186 Appendix: CPT-4: Recommended Revised Draft IS 4968 (Part III) 211 Appendix: CPT-5: Draft Guidelines: Interpretation of CPT 224 Examples for Interpretation of Tests Data 239 Annexure: Field Vane Shear Test 245 List of Symbols 265