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:: SPT Calculation & Normalization Parameters ::

Raw SPT: 13.00 (blows/30 cm) Footing width: 2.00 (m)

Test depth: 3.00 (m) Footing pressure: 100.00 (kPa)
G.W.T. during test: 0.00 (m) Factor of safety: 3.00
Correction for G.W.T.: Yes Embedment depth: 1.50 (m)
Soil unit weight: 19.00 (kN/m³)
Rod length above ground: 1.00 (m)

Energy ratio, C e: 0.70 NSPT: 13.00

Overburden, Cn: 1.70 (Liao & Whitman) N6 0: 9.10
Rod length, Cr: 0.78 N1 ,60: 15.47
Borehole diam., C b: 1.00
Liners, Cs: N1 ,60 normalized for energy & overburden
1.00

:: Relative density for Sands (%) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60 N1,60

Normaly consolidated sands Gibbs & Holtz (1957) 74.13 62.02

Normaly consolidated silica sand Meyerhof (1956) 76.32 63.85
Coarse sands Peck & Bazaraa (1969) 55.07 46.07
Ottawa sand Marcuson & Bieganousky (1977) 40.98 34.55
Normaly consolidated sands Skempton (1986) 48.87
Gravely soils Yosida & Ikemi (1988)
1. fine sands 59.84 48.83
2. gravel fraction 25% 48.96 39.95
3. gravel fraction 50% 50.35 43.04
4. average for all sands 54.78 46.49
Sands Idriss & Boulanger (2003) 57.99

:: Friction angle for cohesionless soils (°) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60 N1,60
Angular and well-grained soil particles Dunham (1954) 37.49 35.45

Round and well-grained or angular Dunham (1954) 32.49 30.45

and uniform-grained soil particles
Round and uniform-grained soil Dunham (1954) 27.49 25.45
particles
Sandy Ohsaki et al. (1959) 31.12 28.49
Sandy Muromachi et al. (1974) 32.62 30.56
Sandy Japan Road Association (1990) 28.96 26.68
Sandy Hatanaka & Uchida (1996) 35.43
Sandy Meyerhof (1959) 36.22 34.97

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:: Stress-strain modulus Es (kPa) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60

Normaly consolidated sands Tan et al. (1991) - 1 14000 12050

Tan et al. (1991) - 2 38474 33124
Bowles (1996) 25239 22055
Bowles (1996) 78000 59563
Japanese Design Standards 7000 6232
Saturated sands Bowles (1996) 33800 23660
Overconsolidated sands D' Appolonia et al. (1970) 53650 49555
Tan et al. (1991) 27750 24825
Tan et al. (1991) from 1 19799 17041
Tan et al. (1991) from 2 54411 46845
Gravelly sands Tan et al. (1991) 11400 9060
Bowles (1996) 22800 19113
Silty sand Tan et al. (1991) 8960 7712
Tan et al. (1991) 5700 4530
Sandy Papadopoulos (1987) 17900 14780

:: Un drai ne d co hesive s tre n g t h Su (kPa) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60

Cohesive soils Terzaghi & Peck (1967) 82.17 57.14

Parcher & Means (1968) 84.09 58.43
Bowles (1968) 99.96 70.31
Tschebotarioff (1973) 155.61 108.93
Clays of low plasticity and clayey silts Sowers 95.62 66.93
Clays of medium plasticity Sowers 191.23 133.86
Clays of high plasticity Sowers 331.47 232.03

:: S hear waves vel oci ty VS (m/sec) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60

Sand Schmertmann (1978) 195 137

Clay Seed et al. (1986) 133 125
Fine sand Seed et al. (1986) 145 136
Medium sand Seed et al. (1986) 142 134
Coarse sand Seed et al. (1986) 148 139
Sand and gravel Seed et al. (1986) 153 144
Gravel Seed et al. (1986) 193 181
Clay Jamiolkowski (1988) 103 97
Fine sand Jamiolkowski (1988) 112 106
Medium sand Jamiolkowski (1988) 110 104
Coarse sand Jamiolkowski (1988) 114 108
Sand and gravel Jamiolkowski (1988) 119 112
Gravel Jamiolkowski (1988) 149 141
Fine sand Yoshida et al. (1988) 164 150
25% gravel Yoshida et al. (1988) 187 171
50% gravel Yoshida et al. (1988) 201 184
All soils Yoshida et al. (1988) 184 168

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:: Settlements in sand (cm) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60

Sand Bazaraa (1967) 1.84 2.63

Duncan & Buchignani (1976) 1.28 1.94
Parry (1977) 0.46 0.66
Burland & Burdridge (1985)
1. N.C. sands *
0.76 1.25
2. O.C. sands ** 0.25 0.42
Terzaghi et al. (1996)
1. N.C. sands *
0.79 1.30
2. O.C. sands **
0.26 0.43
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Normal Consolidated
** Over Consolidated

:: Bearing capacity of sand (kPa) ::

Soil Type Reference N 60 N1,60

Cohesionless soils Meyerhof (1956) 1,3 q ult 514.54

qallo w 171.51
Terzaghi (1943) 1,3 q ult 1693.37
qallo w 564.46
Eurocode (2005) 1

Design Approach 1 1591.21

Design Approach 2 1005.70
Burland & Burbridge (1984) 2

Inducing mean-sigma stress 107.62

Inducing mean stress 198.55
Inducing mean+sigma stress 366.33
1 : Friction angle used according to Hatanaka & Uchida (1996)
2 : Calculations for allo wable settlement = 25.00 (mm)
3 : Factor of safet y for allo wable pressure = 3.00

:: Settlement of pile group (cm) ::

Soil Type Reference NSPT N 60

Saturated sands Meyerhof (1976) 0.85 1.21

Meyerhof (1976) 1.69 2.42
Db: 15.00 (m)

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