ABSTRACT

In less than two decades, geophysics jumped from the simple use for selecting excavation methodologies and some ground mapping to a fundamental

1 INTRODUCTION

In this theme session, eleven papers were presented, being ten of them based on in-situ test results obtained in (BH) bore-holes (7 papers), BH with Standard Penetration tests (4), Dynamic Probing Super-Heavy (1), Plate Load Tests (1), Marchetti’s Dilatometer tests (2), Piezocone Tests (4), Field Vane Tests (2), Ménard and Self Boring Pressuremeter tests (2) and geophysical tests (8), this latter including 4 papers with seismic methods, 2 with Electrical Resistivity Tomography and 2 with Ground Penetration Radar. Comparisons with laboratorial data are included in 7 papers, while control of execution using monitoring campaigns is present in 2. The eleventh paper refers to a conceptual study related with rockslope engineering (Panigrahi & Rout 2012), which does not include any in-situ tests. In Table 1, a summary of the papers is presented, including the main titles, authors, used tests and main goals. The theme of the Session is “Special Uses of In-Situ Testing”.