cptextract 0.1.1

A simple Python package to automate the extraction of CPT data

cptextract

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A Python package to automate extraction of cone penetration test (CPT) data from various sources.

Description

cptextract is a library of function and class to help extract Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data from csv and Excel files that are store inconsistenly. For example:

• cpt data with different data headers or labels
• cpt data stored in different Excel sheets names
• cpt data table not starting at the first row
• cpt data stored in units of kPa instead of MPa

Limitations

This package has been developed based on example data found on the New Zealand Geotechnical Database. Some other limitations include:

• only extracts Depth, Cone tip resistance (qc), Friction resistance (fs) and U2 pore pressure (u2)
• only works with units of meter for depth; and MPa or kPa for qc,fs and u2
• accepted file types are .csv, .xls and .xlsx

Installation

pip install cptextract

Usage

Please refer to example notebook.

Contributors

TBC