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Term of the Road Dictionary

cone penetration test

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Materials General Items
  • Definition : Geotechnical test used to provide characteristics of unbound pavement layers, embankments or subgrade soils by driving a rod ending in a cone vertically into the ground.
  • Synonyms : cone penetrometer test / cone test

Konuspenetrationsversuch

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Baustoffe Allgemeines
  • Definition : Ein geotechnischer Versuch, der zu Bestimmung der Eigenschaften einer ungebundenen Befestigungslage, Erdbauwerken oder Untergrundböden verwendet wird, indem ein Stab mit einer konischen Spitze vertikal in den Untergrund getrieben wird.

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