Pressuremeter test quality control

What Nourin reads in the sheet

• The corrected pressuremeter curve: p₆₀, V₆₀, V_60-30;
• The raw data of each pressure stage;
• The moduli E_m, the limit pressures p_l and p_l*, the creep pressures p_f*;
• The stresses σ_v and σ_h and the limit volumes;

What Nourin does with it

• Checks that calibrations are present and valid, without which the corrected curve is meaningless;
• Checks consistency between modulus, limit pressure and creep pressure;
• Separates major anomalies, which make the test doubtful, from warnings, which leave the test usable with reservations;
• Writes the control report, stage by stage;

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