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The standard penetration test (SPT) is an in-situ dynamicpenetration test designed to provide information onthe geotechnical engineering properties of soil.

The test procedure is described in the BritishStandard BS EN ISO 22476-3 and ASTM D1586

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Various SPT equipments have been developed for different type of drill

rigs and applications in different situations

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SPT blow counts obtained from the field tests,

must be corrected / normalized for:

Energy level correction

Borehole diameter correction

Sampler type correction

Rod length correction

Water level correction

Overburden (depth) correction

N

N60

N160

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How N60and N160are used in geotechnical

engineering interpretations?

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N60and N160, magic numbers!

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Geoscientists and researchers have carried out numerous

efforts to correlate SPT blow counts to geotechnical soilproperties:

Physicalproperties

Mechanicalproperties

Bearingcapacity

Settlementanalysis

Liquefactionanalysis

Correlation toother

penetrometers

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Introduction to encyclopedia of SPT correlations

NovoSPT(SPT Correlations Software)

Designed & developed by:

Novo Tech Software Ltd.Vancouver, Canada

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1- Easily download the software from our website

NovoSPT Software

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2- Quick installation

NovoSPT Software

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NovoSPT

More than 260 correlations are in palm of your hand

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Input Data

N t hS ft N SPT S ft

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Correlated ParametersAll SPT correction factors

Soil compactness

Modulus of elasticity (Es)

Shear modulus (Gmax)

Undrained shear strength (Su)

Internal angle of friction (

)

Relative density (Dr)

Shear wave velocity (Vs)Liquefaction CRR

Equivalent Becker density

Equivalent CPT tip resistance (qc)

Equivalent Wildcat penetrometer blows

Pressuremeter deformation modulus

Deformation modulus (mv)

Inferred unit weight ()

Modulus of subgrade reaction (Ks)

OCR for clays

D10 for granular soils

Initial stiff modulus (Go)

Bearing capacity of shallow and deep footing

Foundation settlementList of all correlations for a soil parameter, plus the country where field data was collected

Choose parameter

Turn off/on correlations which are notapplicable to your soil type or region

Schematic

soil profile


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Soil Type Filter (new in version 2.1)

- This new feature shows each correlation is applicable to what soil type- User can filter and show only the correlations applicable to that soil type, at each depth


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Correlated Parameters

Zoom

Print

Save as Excel file

Save as image file

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Correlation Along Borehole Depth

List of all correlation methods

Comparison

of correlated

parameter

along depth

of borehole

Choose parameter

Turn off/on correlations which are not

applicable to your soil type or region

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Import SPT data from gINT files

SPT blow counts for selected borehole

Schematic

soil layers

and SPT plot

All type of SPT data

storage are supported

Database structure


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Bearing Capacity / Settlement Analysis

Burland & Burbidge, 1985

Terzaghi

Meyerhof, 1976

Parry, 1977

Peck et al., 1974


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Wildcat Penetrometer Module


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Report Manager


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User manual (Help)

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Our other software solutions:

Cone Penetration Test (CPT) Interpretation Software (NovoCPT):forinterpretation of CPTu including liquefaction analysis, foundation settlementanalysis and pile bearing capacity analysis (LCPC) tools.

Liquefaction Analysis Program (NovoLiq):based on 10 different methods forcalculating Cyclic Resistance Ratio (CRR), with more than 55 options for otherformulas, including post-liquefaction lateral displacement and settlement ...

VisLog:This powerful program is designed for visualizing geotechnical/geologicalborehole logs and automatically drawing soil profiles. 3D environment and easyzoom and rotation features make it so easy to work with VisLog...

Beam Section Properties (BeamProps): This software is used to calculatebeam section properties such as area, moment of inertia, radius of gyration, etc.for more than 25 sections and shapes...

SMTP: is a comprehensive solution for processing soil mechanics laboratory testssuch as sieve test, Aterberg limits, moisture and density, direct shear, triaxial,

compaction, permeability, etc and designing borehole logs.

LateralK:Calculating lateral earth ressure coefficient program in static (Rankine/Coulomb) and earthquake (Mononobe/ Okabe) conditions ...

Peysanj:A complete set of geotechnical modules for bearing capacity andsettlement of shallow footings, pressure-meter test, plate load test, liquefactionanalysis, lateral earth pressure coefficients, and more ...

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