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Standard Penetration Test Setup

 This test involves the measurement of the resistance to penetration of
a sampling spoon under dynamic loading
The resistance is empirically correlated with some of the engineering
properties of soil such as density index, consistency, angle of internal
friction, bearing capacity etc.
This test is useful for general exploration of erratic soil profile for
finding depth to bed rock or hard stratum and to have an approximate
indication of the strength and other properties of soil, particularly the
cohesionless soil, from which it is difficult to obtain undisturbed
samples.
The importance of this test is that, even though empirical, the soil
design of foundations in sand is mostly based on the N-value. N value
serves as the basic parameter for geotechnical design in sand.
In this test, a thick wall standard split spoon sampler, 50.8 mm outer
diameter and 35 mm inner diameter, is driven into the undisturbed
soil at the bottom of the bore hole under the blows of a 63.5 kg drive
weight with 75 cm free fall. The minimum open length of the sampler
should be 60 cm. the number of blows required to drive the sampler
30 cm beyond the seating drive of 15 cm, is termed as the penetration
resistance N.

RELATION BETWEEN SPT (N) VALUE WITH DIFFERENT SOIL PROPERTIES

IN CASE OF COHESION LESS SOIL.

SPT VALUE COMPACTNESS ANGLE OF UNIT

(N) FRICTION WEIGHT ()
() in T/m3

04 Very loose < 28 1.1 1.8

4 10 Loose 28 30 1.4 2.0

10 30 Medium 30 36 1.7 2.2

30 50 Dense 36 41 1.7 2.3

> 50 Very dense > 41 2.0 2.3

RELATION BETWEEN SPT (N) VALUE WITH DIFFERENT SOIL PROPERTIES

IN CASE OF COHESIVE SOIL.

SPT VALUE (N) COMPACTNESS UCS (qu) in kPa

 04 Very soft to soft 25

48 Soft to Medium 50

8 16 Medium to Stiff 100

16 32 Stiff to very stiff 200

>32 Very stiff to Hard 400

Also Read: How to Perform Standard Penetration Test of Soil On Site?

Also Read: How to Calculate Bearing Capacity of Soil From Standard

Penetration Test?

Also Read: 20 Factors Affecting Standard Penetration Test Result

Also Read: 9 Precautions to Take While Performing Standard

Penetration Test

Also Read: How to Calculate Pile Load Capacity Using SPT or N Values?

Also Read: Corrections Applied to SPT Values

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