CORRECTING SPT VALUES Help

Muni Budhu "Foundations and Earth Retaining Structures", John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2007
Select units US
Groundwater depth 100 ft
Select sampler type Standard CS
Borehole size,CB 1 See table below
Equipment, CE 0.75 See table below
Rod length from surface to anvil 2 ft
Correct to N1,60 Yes

Depth Unit weight Rod length Vertical

correction total stress
ft pcf CR psf
0 0 0
5.5 111 1.00 610.5
10.5 95 1.00 1085.5
16 114 0.88 1712.5
21.5 118 0.93 2361.5
26 114 0.94 2874.5
30.5 114 0.95 3387.5
0.00 0
0.00 0
0.00 0
0.00 0

0 5 10 15 20
0

Borehole diameter: CB 5
65 mm to 115 mm (2.5 in to 4.5 in)) 1
152 mm ( 6 in) 1.05
200 mm ( 8 in) 1.15 10
N value variati
Corrected N v
Equipment: CE
15
Depth

Safety Hammer (rope, without Japanese “throw” release) 0.7 to 1.2

Donut Hammer (rope, without Japanese “throw” release) 0.5 to 1.0
Donut Hammer (rope with Japanese “throw” release) 1.1 to 1.4 20
Automatic-Trip Hammer (Donut or Safety Type) 0.8 to 1.4

25

30

35
N value
25

30

35
N value
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Porewater Vertical Cn Cn N N1,60

pressure effective stress Calc. use
psf psf
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 610.5 1.8 1.8 15 27
0 1085.5 1.4 1.4 6 8
0 1712.5 1.1 1.1 15 16
0 2361.5 0.9 0.9 26 24
0 2874.5 0.8 0.8 22 18
0 3387.5 0.8 0.8 22 17
0 0 0.0 0.0 0
0 0 0.0 0.0 0
0 0 0.0 0.0 0
0 0 0.0 0.0 0

5 10 15 20 25 30

N value variation
Corrected N value variation

N value
N value
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Yes

SI
US
62.4

Standard
US without liners