Accepted Manuscript A laboratory study of horizontal confinement effect on the Dynamic Cone Pen- etration Index of a lateritic soil Samuel Innocent Kofi Ampadu, Priscilla Ackah, Fred Owusu Nimo, Fred Boadu PII: S2214-3912(16)30131-3 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2016.12.002 Reference: TRGEO 106 To appear in: Transportation Geotechnics Received Date: 4 July 2016 Revised Date: 2 December 2016 Accepted Date: 18 December 2016 Please cite this article as: S. Innocent Kofi Ampadu, P. Ackah, F. Owusu Nimo, F. Boadu, A laboratory study of horizontal confinement effect on the Dynamic Cone Penetration Index of a lateritic soil, Transportation Geotechnics (2016), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2016.12.002 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.