<p>Current in situ methods used to geotechnically characterize the ground are predominantly based on invasive mechanical techniques (e.g. CPT, SPT, DMT). These techniques are localized to the tested area thus making it quite time consuming and costly to extensively ...

Recording drilling parameters is a useful and economical technique for acquiring geomechanical information of rock mass parameters. Although it is not usually emplyed at geotechnical boreholes it is systematically used in TBM. This paper shows the obtained ...