NovoCPT User`s Manual (Novo Tech Software Ltd.)
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1. a Basic Parameters table q Cone tip resistance as it is read during the test fs Cone sleeve friction as it is read during the test U gt Pore water pressure as it is read during the test qt Corrected cone tip resistance q 1 a uz where a is net area ratio 0 8 please read this article See 4 10 for more information Q Normalized cone resistance qt oo B Normalized pore pressure ratio U2 U9 q ov Fr Normalized friction ratio FU ov Rf Friction ratio f q 100 Ic Soil type index based on Robertson 1986 Qin Normalized cone resistance based on iterative procedure proposed by Robertson 2010 q ov Pa Pa o y where P is the atmospheric pressure 100 kPa n Exponent of Qi normalization based on iterative procedure proposed by Robertson 2010 S Total overburden stress o 16 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd S y Effective overburden stress o y Gu Undrained shear strength for fine grained soils Fines Content Percent passing sieve 200 silty and clay Neo Equivalent SPT blow counts Niso Equivalent overburden corrected SPT blow counts Neo Ch Liao amp Whitman method EH Advanced Parameters table Hydraulic Conductivity Coefficient of permeability of the soil K e Void ratio C Coefficient of compression for consolidation settlement D Relative density of soil E Modulus of elasticity used for elastic2. Tabular data is presented at each depth and all the dataset is plotted versus depth on different charts Columns of analysis results table are described below Kc End bearing factor a fp Friction bearing factor Soil Nature Nature of the soil according to LCPC method definition Details of the calculation is presented in Tabular Output Data tab To export print and save the results use the toolbar buttons more information here See 4 7 2 t should be noted that weight of the pile is not deducted from the allowable bearing capacities therefore user should correct the final results based on the actual weight 4 9 Reporting 4 9 1 Report Manager This page can be used to choose the graphs you want to print The following options are available Print On screen Graphs Choose this option if you want to only print the graphs already shown on the screen Print Selected Graphs If you prefer to choose more graphs than those plotted on the screen choose this option and select the subject charts from the list There is no limitation for the number of charts in each report of Charts Page Defines the number of page which should be inserted on each page of the report Please select your list of charts and press Show Report button only graphs are included in this report To print tabular data please choose toolbar Export button on each page For more custom reports you can save charts as images and export tabular data int
3. save 4s Excel File Save As Image File Please select the items you want to export Then specify the output folder You can change this folder by clicking on button Exporting Data Tables Tables can be saved as Microsoft Excel or may be directly sent to the printer Exporting Graphs Charts All charts may be saved with image formats such as BMP PNG JPG etc or to be printed 4 7 3 Working with Charts 4 7 3 1 Charts Settings All charts on top portion of the page can be customized There are four charts which are reserved for showing the soil parameters and one chart on right part of the page shows the Soil Behavior Type indexes You may change the colors line styles chart type and more for each chart The simplest way is to right click on the chart and use the popup menu The following screenshot illustrates the menu items 18 Depth Indicator Depth im 0 Sleeve Resistance fs kPa 0 1020 304050 60 70 8090100 ke zm zm d zm mm zf be zm zm a zm zm ae d km sm d e zm k be zm zm nm e mm i zm d o e s 4 2p ynne ECHTER ERR Las ls ss Replace Insert Remove Scale Logarithmic scale Data table Chart type Line style Smooth curve Advanced settings Edit plot templates Save das Print Correlation methods Presentation and export tool Apply chart style to all charts Cancel 19 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Replace use
4. Zhang Robertson and Brachman 2004 This method is essentially based on estimating maximum cyclic shear strain of each layer during and after liquefaction which is estimated from safety factor against liquefaction FS and relative density of soil Dr When Dr can be correlated from CPT data based on the following equation Tatsuoka et al 1990 Dr 85 7610gG dcin Ac n R lt 200 Maximum cyclic shear strain Y 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 Factor of safety Fs Figure 1 maximum cyclic shear strain for post liquefaction lateral displacement proposed by Zhang Robertson and Brachman 2004 Then the Lateral Displacement Index LDI is calculated from the following equation 2max LDI f Y mand Z and according to site ground sloping the lateral displacement is estimated To read the complete procedure proposed by authors please read the following paper from our website 33 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Estimating Liquefaction Induced Lateral Displacements Using the Standard Penetration Test or Cone Penetration Test G Zhang P K Robertson and R W I Brachman 5 5 Post liquefaction Site Settlement Post liquefaction settlements occur during and after earthquake shaking For level ground conditions the amount can be computed from the volumetric reconsolidation strains induced as the excess pore water pressures dissipate Based on the field experiences during past earthquakes the amount of volumetric str
5. 2m for example the depth between 0 15m to 0 2m will be recognized as a drill out This default value can be set by the user Apply Normalization Approach for Qi if selected the iterative procedure See 5 1 proposed by Robertson 2009 will be applied to the analysis Soil Behavior Type Unit Weights use this tab to edit the unit weights associated with each soil type This numbers will be used for overburden stress calculations Use Robertson 2010 Equation for soil unit weights if selected instead of the commonly used unit weight table an equation proposed by Robertson 2010 will be used during analysis Potentially Liquefiable Soil Types is used to specify the soil behavior types which are prone to liquefaction It should be noted that CRR values See 5 1 will only be calculated at depths having one of the potentially liquefiable soil types Fine grained Soil Definitions is used to specify the soil behavior types which should be considered as fine grained These soil types will be used for consolidation settlement calculation Plots Templates is used to set the color style and captions for each parameter chart This settings will be saved in NovoCPT and will be used for next analysis as well Units System is used to set the unit system used for outputs and user interface presentations such as plots and tables Both Metric and Imperial units are supported Press EN save button when all parameters are set NovoCPT will then re calculate
6. TF thar u metres 0 92 EL 0 139 12 65 0 95 oct 0 093 11 24 0 9 2 95 0 062 L 7d 0 96 2 95 0 062 L fo 1 1 65 0 06 11 49 1 03 le 0 04 3 97 1 06 0 75 0 026 3 79 File structure Data preview Units l Input Units Output Units depth m lm f ac MPa kPa f W s fs kPa el kPa 12 78 kPa 11 43 We kPa S Se Ard I SE H of header lines q 49 q 20 Column Delimeter apace e b Save data as Excel file Remove zero readings during data impart h Reload data and refresh preview Save as default settings File Preview Shows contents of the original CPT file File Structure Use this section to define the input file and output units as well as specifying the columns holding the corresponding data Usually Depth qc fs and uz are stored in first to fourth column of the file however of your file contains more data you can set the column representing each data in version 1 6 1 and later output data can be presented in both Metric SI and Imperial unit systems Remove zero readings during data import In some cases records with variable depth but zero test readings are stored in the file which may be an indicative of a drill out before pushing the cone If this options is selected such data will be ignored during data processing of Header Lines As described before this sets the number of lines which should be read to reach the beginning of the actual dataset
7. entered more than 0 2 Seismic Information This data is directly used during the liquefaction assessment analysis and consists of PGA and Magnitude of the design earthquake as well as Please note that groundwater level is entered in borehole table 4 6 7 Editing the Raw Data To edit the CPT dataset click on Data gt Edit Raw Data from the toolbar To edit the data in a cell simply double click on it To print table use the corresponding button on the toolbar To delete a row or a set of rows of data use your mouse to highlight the row s and then click on the very first button on the toolbar To save the current data into Microsoft Excel file use the second button on the toolbar 14 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Raw data can be edited in the following table use DEL key to delete a row if necessary 42 0567 995 0513 1484 411 2144 037 0 56042 0 09807 0 49035 0 39226 ef 91 504 d 0 09807 34232 10 0 4061 106 12 0 09807 4692 361 15 0 09807 5215 198 17 0 29421 nell oo 2d 0 56842 6385 94 26 0 662650 DESCH 30 0 5826301 0 7 ood 153 36 0 9807 0 75 9208 462 4 0 68649 Up 104553 3 sl 1 17684 0 55 1406 1 et 2 30366 0 3 166143 1 Tr 2 04982 Please make sure you have a copy of your orginal data file before applying the changes new dataset will overwrite the original file Click on KJ Apply Changes button to save the changes This will re calculate the CPT dataset and updates
8. grave Sands ath gravel Sands wth gravel Tard geff gravel Sands with gravel Zait wih Grane ands wih gravel Sands wih gravel Sands with gravel Sands with gravel ands geff gravel Sands with gravel Sands geff oral Sands with gravel Sands wih gravel l b Sarde wih gava CH Save As image sl m g pl S pl E En 3 i E Di 10 1 Friction Ratio FR Liga a sl SJ Sei P S rd ee Sal SA Sal SJ Sd zl S zl S Each circle on the graph represents one row of data at a specific depth To save the graph as an image for further use in your reports click on Save as image button at the right bottom corner of the page 4 8 CPT Tools 4 8 1 Liquefaction Analysis Tool This tool is designed to analyze the potential of liquefaction based on CPT data The procedure of liquefaction assessment in NovoCPT is based on recommendations proposed in Guide to Cone Penetration Testing See 2 Robertson 2009 Tabular data is presented at each depth and all the dataset is plotted versus depth on different charts Columns of analysis results table are described below S Total overburden stress o S Effective overburden stress c Ra Stress reduction factor in simplified Seed and Idriss 1971 formula D Relative density of soil based on Tatsuoka et al 1990 Ymax Maximum shear strain estimated from Dr and liquefaction safety factor at each depth ey Volumetric strain for settlement analysi
9. settlement K Coefficient of earth pressure at rest M Constrained modulus S Sensitivity of clay OCR Over consolidation ratio dh Friction angle of soil Gmax Maximum shear modulus Vs Shear wave velocity use this values with cautious confirm consistency of the results with other formulas and methods 4 7 2 Exporting the Results Most of the users have already setup their spreadsheets and would rather keep their reports in the same format To do this they need to export the analysis results into other popular formats such as Microsoft Excel To export the results click on button form toolbar A dialog similar to the following screenshot will appear List of all data tables and charts of the analysis results will be provided on left and right panels respectively see below 17 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Please specity output folder and select the tables and graphs you need to be exported All files vvill be saved inthis folder Output folder EPragrams iMovoSPT_Exporth mm Data Tables al Graphs 1 Soil layers table 1 SPT graph 2 SPT blows table 2 Inferred parameter graph 3 Depth correction factor on table 3 Cross correlation graph 4 Other correction factors table 5 Young s modulus Es table B Friction angle Fi table lz Sand relative density Dr table pe 4 Liqu lan Sh table 15 Becker Penetration Test table 16 Other parameters table
10. 12 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Column Delimiter Is the delimiter used to separate depth qc fs and u2 in each line of data within the file Data Preview Shows a preview of the imported data Reload data and refresh preview Use this button only when you have changed one of the above mentioned settings and want to see the preview of the imported data When all settings are done and data preview looks to be consistent with your actual data press Import button This will open the main page of NovoCPT and will start the analysis 4 6 3 Loading NovoCPT Projects To load one of your previous NovoCPT projects click on File Load Project button from the toolbar and locate the file on your computer This will load all data it should be noted that preferences including correlation methods are not saved with each project and changing the preferences may affect previously saved files 4 6 4 Project Information Use Data Project Information from the toolbar to edit job information boreholes list site topography and your company information This data will be used in report headers and footers At least job title and client name should be entered before leaving this dialog page Job Description ES Site Information Company Information For anew job atleast Job Tithe and Cent should be specified Job Title NovolPT Test Project Chent Name are Investment Ltd x Code 110 252 Address 2008 Fullerton Avenu
11. K button to apply your changes 4 7 4 Soil Behavior Type Charts 4 7 4 1 Robertson 1986 NovoCPT performs the CPT data interpretation based on Robertson 1986 Robertson 1990 and Jefferies and Been 2006 methods To see the Robertson 1986 soil behavior type scatter chart please click on J Tools Robertson 1986 button from the toolbar This will show the following page 21 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd ei CX E S 2 E 8 0 E S wess Robertson et al 1586 Friction Ratio BBR sence fre panes E ps Clay to clay E d Silty sand i sandy am CT HI Groweily dad Io sane J d 5 Garer elt je sg chery CT E Sand A be isad 11 Very sp Gee gard Sandy wit to clayey eft E Sana B id Sand we clayey sand Each circle on the graph represents one row of data at a specific depth _ To save the graph as an image for further use in your reports click on Save as image button at the right bottom corner of the page 4 7 4 2 Robertson 1990 NovoCPT performs the CPT data interpretation based on Robertson 1986 Robertson 1990 and Jefferies and Been 2006 methods To see the Robertson 1990 soil behavior type scatter chart please click on J Tools Robertson 1990 button from the toolbar This will show the following page 22 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Soil Behavior Type SBTn 5 7 12 E E S Robertson et al 1990 Di 10 Friction
12. NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Table of Contents E e e anna E nade ct E A A 3 EIERE 4 Be WICC SPAS Oil EE 5 A CONTON ee 7 4 1 Introduction to NOVOCPT cccccsesccccsseecenseeceeseeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeesseeeesseeeeeeseseeeseusseesauseessanseesauasss 7 A SIV AEI WE 8 EE 9 4 4 General Tips for NOVOCPT User 9 AV OW OCRE Bn EE 10 SE Die EE 10 4 6 1 Starting a New broiect 10 A Gz DOTS ROU Gr Date TEE 10 AG gt Ee Ee ta NOVOCET Proe EE 13 AS Ah POE CE Ii Ola e 13 4 6 5 CPT Borehole Data 14 D oo es RW 14 E Deltgen 14 4 6 8 Viewing the Original CPT le 15 HD SANIINS UNS et 15 DVT PATI E sora vigs esta ssase soso A A AEAEE E E TEA 15 4 7 1 Tabular Data WE 15 o Be Ee XOOPS CIS REGU aii E AEE T E E tess 17 ATANN OEE NETE ee 18 AJA SOl Benavior Type e 21 ao CPE ee 24 4 dy Lig elacion Analysis TOOL E 24 4 622 Bearing Capacity ANAS TOO WE 25 AG gt SETUP MICE ANalySIS TOO EE 25 4 8 4 Pile Bearing Analysis TOO UCPC EE 26 o FRDO E 27 4 9 1 Report Managot E 27 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Bo ode 27 ef WER 28 ADOI e EA E E E E EE 30 Sch LIQUETACTION ENEE EEN 30 BD CVGCHIC SEF CS E IOC oR E 32 BiB Sess Reduction Factor RO EE 32 54P siliguefaction Lateral Spreading EE 33 te WEE Ee Ee E E 34 SE RTE ER Gi CT Tocem e E 35 Sg OU ae eV a 9 6724 672 E 35 SE ee E 35 ACON ICT Ee 35 NovoCP
13. PT after Robertson 2009 5 2 Cyclic Stress Ratio CSR The Cyclic Stress Ratio CSR is given by Seed and Idriss 1971 as CSR 0 65 Er Ze Je 0 amp H Where CSR7 5 the cyclic stress ratio with reference to earthquake magnitude of 7 5 If total overburden pressure at the depth considered L A effective overburden pressure at the same depth Gruss Maximum horizontal acceleration at the ground surface g acceleration due to eartha s gravity rg stress reduction factor read this article See 5 3 5 3 Stress Reduction Factor Rd NovoCPT covers the following methods for calculating Rg NCEER 1997 based on Seed amp Idriss 1971 Gauss 1 0 0 00765 Z for z aA o0x 9 15 m rg 1 174 0 0267 Z for 9 15 m lt z a 0x 23 m ra 0 744 0 008 Z for 23 m lt z a ox 30 m ra 0 50 for z gt 30m Thomas F Blake FugroWest Inc Ventura California 1 000 0 41137 0 040522 0 0017537 1 000 0 4177 2 0 05729 0 006205 0 001210 Idriss amp Boulanger 2006 r exp z B 2 M a z 1 012 1 126 sin 5133 11 73 l ra ES 5 142 B z 0 106 0 1 ol Kayen et al 1992 ra 1 0 012 Z 32 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd AE 2009 2012 Novo Tech Software Ltd All Rights Reserved 5 4 Post liquefaction Lateral Spreading The following method for estimating the post liquefaction lateral displacements is incorporated into NovoCPT
14. Ratio E i Sensitive ine gainea E 4 sit micwres ctayey sat to siny aay M 7 Graveity sand to dense sand D panie sen cay El 5 Sand mixtures saty sand to sandy sat E g very set sand to clayey sand lia 3 Clay silty clay to olay O 6 Sands chan sand to sity samd O H Very s f fine grained ze Each circle on the graph represents one row of data at a specific depth To save the graph as an image for further use in your reports click on Save as image button at the right bottom corner of the page 4 7 4 3 Jefferies amp Been 2006 NovoCPT performs the CPT data interpretation based on Robertson 1986 Robertson 1990 and Jefferies and Been 2006 methods To see the Jefferies amp Been 2006 soil behavior type chart please click on amp J Tools gt Jefferies amp Been 2006 button from the toolbar This will show the following page 23 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Copyright E 2088 Wee Tech Softeare Prot Cer Doatai fone Cececription D74 i UE S76 ESA oar 49642 ar 91 O32 KeS om Sun a3 5D oa Sms oa Sd 04 Haig Oti ep O42 80158 Do bad 0 44 EE SS 0 TA EFH O48 10553 o4 Stat oa 107866 dE as 106 0 ore et 1035 07 1043 64 10465 51 1012 41 Sars Caan ho sy Sami Cha to siy Sands geff gravel Sands wih gravel ands geff gravel Sends with gravel ands wih Grae Sands ath gravel Sands with gravel Sands geiff gravel Sands with gravel Sands gett
15. T To change line styles of the plot WW Ed d e Ae 2 SP To change the scale minimum maximum and gridlines of each Relative Density Dr of Sand Ss 60 65 D 40 45 50 55 7 75 8 RA axis Please click on small arrow Or of Sand Ma on right side of the icon to open the dropdown menu 0 61 67 9 To toggle between 0 91 72 8 normal logarithmic scale for 1 22 73 8 horizontal axis 1 52 66 5 1 83 53 4 213 59 1 To change the chart type EL ta fea SC ee To open the advanced settings EES page for the chart hei LA To save the dataset table as Gs Microsoft Excel file To save the chart as text and get zg graphic format To print the chart 427 77 6 4 57 74 8 668 76 1 5 18 47 7 5 49 44 4 5 79 SU 6 1 46 8 6 4 52 6 71 54 2 Ki k D Opens this help page How can I change the appearance of the chart such as legend chart type etc 20 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd You can configure almost everything in the chart by clicking on button from the toolbar This will open the following dialog box S Chart Presentation RE bel aa bi e Daia Young s Modulus ks MPa R SE eg D 20 30 ab vi M Schutze and ag Bos d Depth mm Muhs 1387 al 1970 Sand St 3 p H E E eS nE si V D tb E ps fia KIK Galen Click on the desired element from the list located on the left side of the page more options will be Shown on the right portion Click on O
16. T User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 1 About Software DNovocPT First Release September 2009 Licensing Model License File On demand Programming Alireza Afkhami M A Sc M C P P Eng Similar Programs Updates click to open Disclaimer click to read See 3 NovoCPT is designed and developed for interpretation of Cone Penetration Test data User can import CPT data files into the program and carry out the engineering analysis in order to estimate more than 35 soil parameters Please keep your software up to date by visiting the program s web page Although all efforts have been undertaken to ensure that this software is of the highest possible quality and that the results obtained are correct the authors do not warrant the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements or that the operation of the program will be uninterrupted or error free The authors are not responsible and assume no liability for any results or any use made thereof nor for any damages or litigation that may result from the use of the software for any purpose All results to be verified independently by user J MovoTech software North Vancouver BC Canada NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 2 References 1 Cone Penetration Testing In Geotechnical Practice T Lunne P K Robertson and J J M Powell 1996 2 Calibration of Liquefaction Potential Index for Assessment and Mapping of Liquefaction Haza
17. U HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 4 Contents 4 1 Introduction to NovoCPT This computer program is designed for processing cone penetration test data and performing interpretations of raw data to probe the soil behavior and estimate soil physical and mechanical properties It should be noted that due to complexity of CPT test and wide variety of available methods of interpretations user should completely be aware of soil mechanics concepts behind any method chosen and used in NovoCPT We recommend reading the references See 2 used in designing and development of this software The following steps are necessary for cone penetration test processing in NovoCPT program NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd ez ECH Input Site topography and seismic info Liquefaction analysis module Pile bearing analysis LCPC module Settlement analysis module Other modules Export to Excel and image formats Save Project 4 2 Using Help Activating Help Help button is placed at the top right corner of all pages as shown on this screenshot In order to get the help content associated with the page please click on this button How to Choose Help Language NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Most of our help files are
18. ain depends on penetration resistance and the CSR applied by the design earthquake Curves proposed by Ishihara and Yoshimi 1992 are shown in Figure 1 and indicate that volumetric reconsolidation strains can range between about 4 5 for very loose sand to 1 for very dense sands These curves are recommended for estimating post liquefaction settlements Volumetric strain due to post cyclic reconsolidation 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Maximum shear strain during undrained loading Ymas Figure 1 Recommended relationships for volumetric reconsolidation strains as a function of maximum shear strain and relative density Ishihara amp Yoshimi 1992 34 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 6 Online 6 1 Novo Tech Software website http www novotechsoftware com 6 2 Our other programs http www novotechsoftware com products 6 3 Updates http www novotechsoftware com updatelogs novoCPT txt 6 4 Contact us http www novolab2 com web forms contact ph 35
19. available in both English and Spanish language In order to choose your desired language please click on Help gt Help menu as shown below and choose your language from the list Please notice that Help language could be different from the program user interface language See 4 10 The entire help content is also available in PDF format and is presented through User Manuals menu File View Data Tools Help Is o New Load Import ee Project Project CPT File amp Pref File Management Please select analysis and correlation methods soe BS E General of Correlation Methods Ar Settlement Liquefaction Is Elevation 117 m DuwWaslm CPT3 Elevation 55 m Gw 1 3 m LPT 4 Flevshoan AA ro ial Oo re 4 3 Getting Started text here 4 4 General Tips for NovoCPT Users NovoCPT is an intuitive software program to assist you saving the analysis time and gaining more reliable results Tens of features are incorporated into NovoCPT which helps you during your analysis Please read the following Q A prior to working with NovoCPT Q Does every page in NovoCPT has an associated help text Yes please click on the WG utton on right top corner of each page to access its help text Q How can I minimize the software window and come back to other Windows application Please use the button on right hand side corner of the page Q How to access the toolbar and menu commands This can be done by the new smart to
20. cense agreement but nor a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE L nor any member of the company can be held liable for the content or accuracy of the publication d You may use the accompanying Product free of charge for a period of 14 days for the sole purpose of evaluating the Product If after this period you wish to continue using this Product you are required to purchase it In other case you are required to remove this Product in its entirety from all computers on which it E installed e You shall not use copy rent lease sell modify decompile disassemble otherwise reverse engineer or transfer the Product except as provided in this Agreement Any such unauthorized use Shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this Agreement 4 FOR NovoCPT REGISTERED VERSION a You may install and use the Software on a single computer OR install and store the Software on a storage device such as a network server used only to install the Software on your other computers over an internal network provided you have a license for each separate computer on 5 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd which the Software is installed and run A license for the Software may not be shared installed or used concurrently on different computers b The NovoCPT Registered version allows the registered user to publish its work according to the license agreement but nor a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE amp L nor any member of the company can b
21. e 4 8 2 Bearing Capacity Analysis Tool Use Tools gt Bearing Capacity Analysis from the toolbar to calculate the bearing capacity of shallow footings Sand density will be used only for Robertson 1996 method C is recommended as 12 2 by Meyerhof 1956 Rk varies between 0 14 to 0 2 by Tand et al 1995 which is assumed 0 17 in NovoCPT Foundation Properties Footing B ft seating DT Soil Unit Weight Above Footing pet Sand Density Dense Sand M Calculate Bearing Capacity Results Overburden Stress at the Footing Level pst 460 Average gc Below the Footing kst 35 2 Robertson 1996 ood psf Tand et al 1995 6436 pst for Ak 0 17 4 8 3 Settlement Analysis Tool This tool is designed to analyze the elastic and consolidation settlement of shallow footings based on CPT data The elastic immediate settlement is calculated based on methodology proposed by Schmertmann and the consolidation settlement is based on Terzaghi s 1 dimensional consolidation theory Please enter footing size and consolidation properties of the soil For Schmertmann s method time for long term settlement as well as a should be specified where a is defined as the ratio of modulus of elasticity to cone resistance q at each depth When all required data is entered press AN Update button Details of calculation will be presented in FY Tabular Output Data and settlements are plotted on charts To export print and save the res
22. e N Checked By AA Calculated By SE Remarks An example of Nova HI cone penetration test processing Using NovoMAP tool you can locate your job on Google Map and Google Earth Please note that this feature needs a ver accurate civic address E Locate job location op Google Map E Show job location on Google Earth Eye angle 30 deg Eve elevation J250 rn 13 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 4 6 5 CPT Borehole Data Use Data gt Test Properties from the toolbar to edit each CPT borehole properties including total depth groundwater level and co ordinates of the borehole in which CPT test is carried out To delete a borehole select it in the table and press Delete Borehole button a Project Informati 28 Site Information Enter the list of all boreholes and their co ordinates A a Borehole He Vvater Level im vem Zom Lattitude Longitude im im 0 11 CPT 2 CPT3 E Dr Dr 5 CPT 4 0 8 0 T 44 Cp 1 1 D 0 55 CPTE 1 35 i 0 ae e Tareas d C aera 4 6 6 Site Data To change the site data including topography and seismic information click on Data gt Site Topography button from the toolbar This data should be entered when starting a new project and includes the following sections Site Topography Determines the response of the site to the post liquefaction lateral spreading according to Zhang Robertson and Brachman 2004 The ground slope is recommended to be
23. e held liable for the content or accuracy of the publication c The NovoCPT Registered version guaranties to the registered user free updates for a whole version cycle and for 12 twelve months d You shall not use copy rent lease sell modify decompile disassemble otherwise reverse engineer or transfer the Product except as provided in this Agreement Any such unauthorized use Shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this Agreement e Once purchased the Software may not be return to NOVO TECH SOFTWARE The price paid for the Software iS not refundable f The NovoCPT license is issued for one computer based on the Hardware ID provided by user Each transfer of license to another computer if approved by NOVO TECH SOFTWARE will be subject to 20 percent charge based on latest NovoCPT price 5 TERMS This license is effective until terminated You may terminate it by destroying the program the documentation and copies thereof This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any terms or conditions of this agreement You agree upon such termination to destroy all copies of the program and of the documentation or return them to the author 6 OTHER RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS All other rights and restrictions not specifically granted in this license are reserved by NOVO TECH SOFTWARE If you have any questions regarding this agreement please write to support NovoTechSoftware com YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YO
24. files cor Gorilla files gru 10 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd e Any tabular formatted text file The delimiter between numbers in each line of the file can be comma semicolon space tab and pipe character You can import several files in each project Once data are imported into NovoCPT you can still edit See 4 6 7 the dataset To import a CPT data file please first specify the file type as shown below Look in d Mu Computer el CH i ES E Jha Floppy A Se S Local Disk C15 My Recent Local Disk Ds Documents S Local Disk Er 9 ProgMay19 E ll Shared Documents Desktop als Documents Cre Safe Run Shared Folder F Mu Documents a File name My M etwork Files of type ConeTec files Cone ec files Gregg Drilling files Hogentogler Analog files Dynamic Drilling files Gorilla files All files Choose your file type _ you can import several CPT files by selecting more than one file in this dialog However please notice that all the files in a project should have the same units header lines columns of data delimiter etc otherwise the import leads to failure or incorrect results Then choose the file from your hard disk and press Open button A dialog appears with the following sections 11 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd File preview Sounding Mo 46 Date dv Di f00 1122 Method CPT Project 107 2008 Depth fm gcetbar
25. for normally consolidated unaged and uncemented predominantly quartz sands and is based on a load increment from 100 to 300 kPa It is probable that somewhat higher a values may be appropriate for loose sands and Somewhat lower values for very dense sands 4 8 4 Pile Bearing Analysis Tool LCPC This tool is designed to analyze the bearing capacity of the piles based on CPT data according to the method proposed by Bustamante and Gianeselli 1982 also known as LCPC Method To read more about this method please click here Pile Types According to LCPC method the following pile types can be chosen e plain bored pile mud bored pile micro pile low pressure case bored pile pier barrett case screwed pile driven precast pile prestressed tubular pile driven cast pile jacked metal pile micropile small diameter lt 250mm high pressure driven grouted pile low pressure driven metal pile driven rammed pile jacket concrete pile grouted pile large diameter high pressure hollow auger bored pile 26 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Safety Factors Please specify required safety factors for friction and end bearing capacity Pile Geometry Pile diameter is assumed to be uniform along the depth Bearing capacity will be calculated along the length of the pile limited to CPT test depth select Limit fp value checkbox to apply the recommended maximum values for fp Gp Ke Gea f d LU cp
26. nal with no restrictions compared to the registered version 1 3 Registered Version means a version which has been bought from a ceNOVO TECH GOETWARESCTT 2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY In no event shall NOVO TECH SOFTWARE be liable for any damages including without limitation lost profits business interruption or lost information rising out of Authorized Users use of or inability to use the NovoCPT even if NOVO TECH SOFTWARE has been advised of the possibility of such damages In no event will NOVO TECH SOFTWARE be liable for loss of data or for indirect special incidental consequential including lost profit or other damages based in contract tort or otherwise NOVO TECH SOFTWARE shall have no liability with respect to the content of the NovoCPT or any part thereof including but not limited to errors or omissions contained therein libel infringements of rights of publicity privacy trademark rights business interruption personal injury loss of privacy moral rights or the disclosure of confidential information 3 FOR NovoCPT TRIAL VERSION a The NovoCPT Trial version may be freely distributed with exceptions noted below provided the distribution package iS not modified in ANY WAY b The NovoCPT Trial version may not be distributed inside of any other software package without written permission of a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE L c The NovoCPT Trial version allows the user to publish its work according to the li
27. o Microsoft Excel format to make up your own custom report by means of other Windows applications To learn more about exporting the results please read this article See 4 7 2 4 9 2 Print Preview To have a preview of the reports after all calculations are completed click on File Print menu All the graphs will appear on the report pages The image below describes the toolbar buttons on this page 27 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Previouse Next page Zoom Page setup Print Close page Zoom 50 Zoom 100 Zoom 200 sO io LOO Hs 200S zoom out zoom in 1 page Show page on screen Show 2 pages on screen d pages Show 4 pages on screen To print the tabular data on each page use Export button from the toolbar please read this article See 4 7 2 for more information 4 10 Preferences This feature is used for setting NovoCPT preferences and is accessible from toolbar through Tools Options Please set your favorite methods for CPT interpretations Some specific clarifications are provided below Net Area Ratio a is determined from laboratory calibration with a typical value between 0 7 to 0 85 and is used for calculating qt qe U2 1 a Drill out gap NovoCPT automatically detects the drill outs based on the depth intervals and shows the corresponding gaps in the plots The default value for drill out gap is 0 15 m meaning that if interval between two subsequent depth is 0
28. olbar also called Ribbon Please hover your mouse on main menu items File CPT Test View etc on the toolbar and click to see more commands To have the toolbar always visible double click on menu items to toggle them on off NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Q How to change the size of tables and charts Use the grip between the tabular dataset and the charts Hold the left mouse button on the grip red area on the illustration and move to either side Q Is there any way to save the tabular results to Microsoft Excel files Yes Please read this article See 4 7 2 for more explanations Q How can I transfer the charts to my report or to other Windows applications The easiest way is to save the charts as image formats JPG BMP PNG GIF etc Please read this article See 4 7 2 for instructions on how to save the charts to image Once you have created images from your charts you may insert them into all Windows based programs Q I noticed that when I open a NovoCPT project or import CPT data file only qc fs u2 N60 and SBT charts are plotted How can I plot other soil parameters Actually NovoCPT calculates more than 30 soil parameters and you can plot all of them To do this please right click on each chart and choose E ch Replace menu to select the desired parameter Alternatively you can use J View menu from the top toolbar to set the chart properties Read this article See 4 7 3 1 for more Q H
29. ow can I compare two or more parameters in the same charts Right click on the chart and choose Insert menu to select overlying parameter To remove a parameter from the chart click Remove from the popup menu Q How can I set the methods formulas used during the CPT interpretations Please read this article See 4 10 to see how you can change NovoCPT preferences 4 5 How to Change Units NovoCPT supports both Metric and Imperial units To switch between units system please click on 1 Tools gt Options menu and then use the drop down list at the bottom left corner of the page to choose your desired unit system 4 6 Data Entry 4 6 1 Starting a New Project To start a new CPT project click on File New Project button from toolbar This will clear all data currently imported into NovoCPT A project can include many CPT tests whereas all of them share the same Site Data See 4 6 6 and each CPT test has a corresponding Borehole See 4 6 5 4 6 2 Importing From CPT Data File Since during interpretation and process of CPT data we deal with huge number of records data are usually collected during the test by means of electronic devices and stored into files These files usually contain a few lines of header including cone type project info etc and follows with actual test data NovoCPT currently covers the following formats Contec files cor GreggDrilling files cor Hogentogler Analog files cpd Dynamic Drilling
30. rds C Hsein Juang 3 Engineering Design Using the Cone Penetration Test Paul W Mayne 4 Guide to Cone Penetration Testing 3 edition January 2009 P K Robertson K L Cabal 5 Guide to Cone Penetration Testing 4 edition July 2010 P K Robertson K L Cabal NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 3 License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE BY DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND OR USE THE SOFTWARE The Product is Copyright A 2008 2012 a coegNOVO TECH SOFTWARE O You may use it and distribute it according to this following License Agreement If you do not agree with these terms please remove the Product from your system By incorporating the Product in your work or distributing the Product to others you implicitly agree to these license terms 1 DEFINITIONS 1 1 NovoCPT or Software refers to NOVO TECH SOFTWARE DO s program in each case supplied by a ceNOVO TECH SOFTWARE O herewith and corresponding documentation associated media and online or electronic documentation 1 2 Trial Version O means a free version of the Software for personal use only so identified to be used in one computer only and for a period of 14 days The Trial Version is fully functio
31. s estimated from Dr and ymax at each depth read this article See 5 5 Kc Fines content correction factor Robertson amp Wride 1998 for Qin CSR Cyclic stress ratio please read this article See 5 2 for more information CRR Cyclic resistance ratio based on Robertson 2009 method please read more See 5 1 Safety Factor Liquefaction safety factor CRR CSR MSF MSF Magnitude scaling factor Lateral Displacement Accumulation of the Post liquefaction lateral displacement of the site estimated based on Zhang Robertson and Brachman 2004 method from the bottom of the model the lowest depth in CPT dataset up to that specific point Please read this article See 5 4 for more information S Residual shear strength 24 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Liquefaction Behavior Behavior of soil according to Robertson 2009 definition To export print and save the results use the toolbar buttons more information here See 4 7 2 By default safety factor against liquefaction is assumed as unity and the region for safety factors less and greater than this value are colored by dark red and dark green on the safety factor chart To change the required safety factor use the textbox at the bottom of the page and then press Update button to redraw the chart Please notice that liquefaction is only assessed for those soil types which are set in NovoCPT preferences page See 4 10 to be potentially liquefiabl
32. the charts 4 6 8 Viewing the Original CPT File Use 4 6 9 Saving the Projects Please click on File Save from the toolbar to save the current project data All NovoCPT data is saved in files with ncpt extension 4 7 Analysis Results 4 7 1 Tabular Data When the CPT data file is imported or I See 4 6 2 oaded See 4 6 2 and processed the analysis results are presented in a tabular format and presented in charts Most of the soil parameters are presented on the main page as shown below while others are accessible through fT Tools menu 15 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd charts Menu list of all CPT tests soil type chart CPT file preview tabular data Other analysis such as pile bearing capacity and settlement analysis may be accessed through separate pages by using the Tools menu on the toolbar The tabular data are presented in tables the first column of each table is depth of that specific reading Other columns are illustrated below click here Basic Parameters al A9 Interpretations Input Data Interpretation Aj D c MPa fs kPa u2 kPal gt May o VO Pore Norm Friction eviction Ratio Se ate s Fress Do Fatio Soil Type Robertson Ic Roberts 0 05 0 33 1 96 0 58 0 33 arada 0 U6 0 6 1 1 99 d tal 23 54 1 37 UE 697 19 D 0 13 0 43 J 345 a l a nag mm FF AR n f 13 WE q ved l wm use scrollbars to view all the results
33. the dataset according to the new settings User should be aware of any choice of correlation methods and formulas in this page 28 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 29 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd 5 Appendix 5 1 Liquefaction Assessment Procedure NovoCPT evaluates the factor of safety against liquefaction based on the following equation FS CRR CSR MSF Ka where CRR 5 is the Cyclic Resistance Ratio for earthquake magnitude of 7 5 calculated from the flowchart proposed by Robertson 2009 also shown on Figure 1 below CSR is Cyclic Stress Ratio read this article See 5 2 MSF is Magnitude Scaling Factor also known as Km Ka is the slope effect assumed to be 1 0 30 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd CPT Gt fs Ovos C vo Pa 1 atm all same units as pa Initial stress exponent n 1 0 Calculate Qin Fr Ic n 0 381 _ oof Z 0 15 a nasi terate until change in n An lt 0 01 KC A 1 3 47 logQ 1 22 log F Y i If Ie lt 1 64 Ke 1 0 When 1 64 Ie 2 60 Ke 5 581 0 403 Ic 21 63 Ic 33 751 17 88 K sokio Ur If 1 64 lt I lt 2 36 AND F lt 0 5 set Ke 1 0 Qin cs Ke Qin BT CRR 93 0 08 5 7 S Fea CRR 0 0530 K 50 lt 0 160 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd Figure 1 Flow chart to evaluate cyclic resistance ratio CRR7 5 from C
34. this menu if you want to plot another parameter In this case the current parameter s shown on the chart will be erased and replaced with the selected parameter Insert to overlay another parameter to the existing plots For example if the chart is currently showing o total overburden stress and you want to compare o effective overburden stress with this o simply click on Insert menu and choose S v for a complete list of symbols and terms used in NovoCPT please see this article See 4 7 1 Remove to remove a parameters from the chart Scale to change the scale of horizontal and vertical axis of the chart Logarithmic scale changes the logarithmic scale of horizontal axis of the chart For example for hydraulic conductivity or OCR you may prefer to use logarithmic scale Data Table shows the X Y pairs of data for each plot Chart Type a variety of different chart types including bar column XY scatter line Gannt etc are available and you can change the chart type for presentation purpose We recommend using XY Scatter or line charts Line style allows you to change the line style of the curve Smooth curve allows you to toggle between smooth Bezier method or line curve Advanced settings shows the chart property page which enables you to change most of the above mentioned properties in one dialog Edit plot templates you can change the default settings of each parameters plot including st
35. ults use the toolbar buttons more information here See 4 7 2 Columns of analysis results table are described below 25 NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd q Cone tip resistance as it is read during the test I Schmertmann s influence factor OCR Over consolidation ratio e Void ratio C Coefficient of compression for consolidation settlement C Coefficient of re compression for consolidation settlement P Pre consolidation stress S Total overburden stress o S y Effective overburden stress o y d Stress increase at each depth due to the applied load on the subject footing dS Consolidation settlement at an element of soil with thickness of dz dS Elastic settlement at an element of soil with thickness of dz S Accumulative consolidation settlement at each depth S Accumulative elastic settlement at each depth S Accumulative total settlement at each depth Other parameters Unsat Settl Ratio If you wish to calculate the unsaturated consolidation settlement above the groundwater level choose a value other than zero for this field NovoCPT will multiply this factor by total calculated consolidation settlement above the groundwater level Time This is the time in elastic settlement calculation to account for creep a Is used for estimation of soil modulus of elasticity based on cone tip resistance E a qc schmertmann 1970 suggested that a value of a 2 should be applied
36. yle color chart type captions etc Save as to save the chart to image files such as JPG BMP PNG etc Print directly prints the chart Correlation methods opens the Options page See 4 10 to change the correlation methods used for CPT for interpretations of data Presentation and export tool this is a very useful feature and shows the chart in another page so that you can NovoCPT User s Manual Novo Tech Software Ltd resize the page and the chart see the data table besides the chart change its settings print save as Excel and more Cancel closes this menu You can also change the access the above noted features by clicking on View menu as shown below You can switch between Depth and Elevation for vertical axis by clicking on corresponding button on toolbar see below Ae Chart 1 Tip Resistance gc MPa ly Chart 3 Pore Pressure u2 kPa ily Chart 2 Sleeve Resistance fs kPa iy Chart 4 Equivalent SPT Blows N60 Charts 4 7 3 2 Chart Presentation Tool We understand that presentation of the analysis results is very important to our users Everywhere in Novo Tech Software programs when you click on a chart a new dialog appears containing the chart and its associated data In the following example the corresponding dataset is shown on right and can be scrolled horizontally and vertically to view all data In addition toolbar buttons provide you with more features 7 Chart Presen WG alte
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