ABSTRACT
This paper presents the comparison of results obtained from CPT/CPTU tests carried out in past investigations and from recent DMT tests carried out using the automated Medusa DMT, adopting different test procedures (standard, repeated A-readings, A-reading while penetrating), at the benchmark soft clay test site of Fucino-Telespazio, Italy. In particular, the depth profiles of the undrained shear strength s u of the Fucino clay obtained from CPT/CPTU interpretation are compared with the s u profiles obtained from standard DMT and from Medusa DMT using different test procedures, as well as with the s u values obtained from field vane test (FVT), self boring pressuremeter test (SBPT) and laboratory tests available from past investigations, resulting generally in good agreement.
