APPROXIMATE CORRELATIONS NON-COHESIVE SOILS Consistency | Relaive [SPT | — Friction Unit me DOP Density ‘Angie | Welpht | Resistance | blows ‘160mm (%) wing) _| gc (MPa) Very loose 4s 4 25-90 1148 02 of E=240.90 (use 6 ac) pep Loose 15:35 410 27-92 1418 25 13 owe/tSonm_E (MPa) ° 2 Mediumdense| 35-65 | 1090 | 3035 1720 | 545 38 1 35 2 6 3 65 Dense 6505 | 3050 | 3540 wan | 1525 845 4 8 5 10 Verydense | 95-100 | >s0 38-43 20-23 228 >6 COHESIVE SOILS. Consistency | Packet | SPT ] Undrained [Unk Cone ‘DOP enetrometer| shearstrength | Weight | Resistance | blows /160mm (kPa) N Cu(kPa)_|_(kvima)_| qo (kPa) Exudes between fingers Very soft 025 02 oa 16-17 | 0-180 When squeezed in hand Can be moulded by Soft 25-50 24 1225 rr19 | 100-975 048 light finger pressure Can be moulded by Fe 50-100 43 2550 17-20 | 375-750 153 strong finger pressure Cannot be moulded by fingers sult 100-200 | 816 | 50-100 10-21 | 750-1500 36 (Can be indented by thumb | Gan be indented by Versi | 200-400 | 1632 | 100-200 | 20-22 | 1800-2000 oz thumbnail Difficult to indent Hard >400 232 >200 22-23 | >3000 > bby thumb nal For saturated clays qu = 5.2 Cu, wth F of $= 2.5 then q =2 Gu = approx pp results