‘CHAPTER 6. MEASUREMENT 6.1. DRAINED. SHEAR SAND Drained shear strength of sand can be expressed as peak friction angle (6). A number of data is available. 6.1.1. Prediction of ” by SPT © Method based on Neo + De Mello (1971) © Method based on Ncso) + Bolton M.D. (1986) + Skempton A. W. (1986) + Hatanaka & Uchida (1996) + Mayne (1998) For silty sand (fines content 0%) 0 + 15-4 (Mice0) With energy corrected Neo 500 iH UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH (kN/m?) g 2030 4080 eo | SPT Nae (blows/300m-7) (sa Fig.6.1. Approximation Correlations Between Undrained Shear Strength and Standard Penetration Test N-Values 1979). After Te 1967 and 60-—— #807 3 | 457 Z ad Zl 2 | 405 3 | 1 & | | 352 2 20 a 7 Ce Sea Eat o| ie Q 1 2 3 ‘OVERBURDEN PRESSURE (kaf/em*) Fig. 6.2. Method for Estimating Effective Friction Anole (#’) from SPT Blowcount (N} (De Mello’s, 1971 Analysis, USBR Data).