Draft Geotechnical Investigation Report 30-07-2021 2

GUYANA SHORE BASE INCORPORATED
DRAFT GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT
Geotechnical Investigation Services for Design of Sheet Pile Jetty at Eccles EBD/ Guyana
Shorebase Inc.
July, 2021
Geotechnical Investigation Services for Design of Sheet Pile C.B. & Associates
Jetty at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Local Geological Conditions .......................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Location of Boreholes.................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Scope of Sub-surface Investigation ............................................................................................... 3
2.0 GENERAL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 4
2.1 SPT Operation .............................................................................................................................. 4
2.2 CPT Operation .............................................................................................................................. 4
3.0 RESULTS.......................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Boring Log and Stratigraphy.......................................................................................................... 5
3.2 CPT Soil Profiling .......................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Shear Strength Profile ................................................................................................................... 6
APPENDIX A – Boring Logs.......................................................................................................................... 8
APPENDIX B - CPeT-IT Data Interpretation ................................................................................................12
APPENDIX C – Shear Strength Computations ............................................................................................54
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
C.B. & Associates Inc. (CBA) was contracted by Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYSBI) to undertake
subsurface investigation for the design of a sheet pile jetty at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. The purpose of
the investigation is to establish representative geotechnical parameters for the jetty design. The subsurface
investigation consisted of:
I. Soil exploration and sampling via three (3) boreholes to 30m deep or refusal, including standard
penetration testing (SPT); and
II. Two (2) Cone penetrating tests (CPT) to refusal.
This report presents the results of the geotechnical investigation inclusive of the boring logs and CPT data.
The laboratory test results for all samples collected will be presented in the final geotechnical investigation
report.
1.1 Local Geological Conditions

Guyana is dominated by plateau landforms. The western and southern parts of the country are relatively high
in terrain and gently dips to the northeast. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleogene-Neoprene alluvial
formations are covered by the central and western regions. Georgetown, which is the capital city and the
region within which the sub-surface investigation was performed is located in the northeast of Guyana and
belongs to the Low Coastal Plain area. This area is covered by Quaternary sediments formed by the
Demerara River and its tributaries. The sediments are mainly composed of the Neogene Demerara Clays
and the early Coropina Clay layers. The thickness gradually increases from west to east, and the newly
deposited Layers of Demerara clay and modern sedimentary clays form part of the coast.
The quaternary alluvial deposits in Georgetown are thick, according to the age, burial conditions, distribution
laws, and other engineering geological characteristics of the soil layer. The topography of the soil distribution
in the area is black humus soil layer I3, grey-black to grey muck layer II, grey to grey-white clay layer III, and
grey-white medium-fine sand layer IV1, in which the soft soil layer is the I3 humus soil layer and grey muck
layer II muck layer. The thickness of the humus soil layer is typically 1.80m to 5.30m, and the thickness of
the muck layer is 0.90m to 12.80m
1.2 Location of Boreholes

The location of the proposed jetty is at Eccles, East Bank Demerara as shown in the Google Earth image
below with the location of each borehole is indicated in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: Site location of the site with borehole locations
1.3 Scope of Sub-surface Investigation

The objective of the geotechnical investigation was to establish representative soil parameters, to be used in
the jetty design at Eccles. The services provided by CBA under the contract can be summarized as follows:
(a) Two (2) Cone Penetration Tests (CPT) to a maximum depth of 30m or refusal, whichever comes
first.
(b) The drilling of three (3) boreholes to a depth of 30m or refusal, whichever comes first, and the sub-
surface exploration via the following testing protocols:
• In-situ Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) in accordance with ASTM D1586;
• Undisturbed sampling using Shelby tubes;
• Hydrometer tests in accordance with ASTM D7928;
• Atterberg Limits determination, in accordance with ASTM D4318;
• Specific gravity tests, in accordance with ASTM D854;
• Triaxial Tests, in accordance with ASTM D2850
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2.0 GENERAL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
2.1 SPT Operation

Using the wash boring drilling method, the Consultant
advanced boreholes #1, #2, and #3 on July 2, July 5,
and July 6, 2021, respectively to conduct standard
penetration tests (SPT). Boreholes #1, #2, and #3 were
advanced to depths of 23.56m, 23.91m, and 18.06m
respectively. Unfortunately, borehole #3 was aborted
prematurely because of the presence of live electrical
wiring near the borehole location.
SPTs were recorded at approximately 1.5m intervals

below the soil surface, using an automatic hammer, to
establish the undrained shear strength profile of the
soil. Disturbed soil samples were collected from each
borehole to conduct soil classification according to the
Unified Soil Classification System (USCS). The
classification will be done using the laboratory test
results from the Atterberg Limits (Liquid Limit, Plastic
Limit, and Plasticity Index). Figure 2:The automatic hammer being used to conduct
SPT
Shelby tubes were used to collect undisturbed samples
throughout the full depth of the boreholes. The undisturbed soil samples will be used to determine the soil
shear strength and compressibility parameters through laboratory tests. The Mohr-Coulomb shear strength
envelope will be established using the Unconsolidated-Undrained (UU) triaxial compression test. The one-
dimensional consolidation test will be used to determine the compression index (Cc) and preconsolidation
pressure (Pc), which are needed for settlement computations. Laboratory testing for soil physical properties
will be conducted at LINMINE Soils Laboratory, a reputable laboratory in Guyana.
2.2 CPT Operation

CPT was conducted on July 10, 2021. The MC-23 Rotary Drill Rig (TMG, USA) was the primary field
equipment used to execute the CPT. The MC-23 equipment is state-of-the-art, automated, and is augmented
with a software component that allows easy data collection and logging. The MC-23 provides a maximum
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push force of 20 tons for the

advancement of the cones into
the soil. In operation, the MC-23
measurements were made by
driving a cone penetrometer
attached to a series of rods into
the ground at a constant. As the
cone was driven into the ground,
a continuous measurement of the
resistance to penetration of the
cone and of the surface sleeve
was recorded.
Figure 3: MC-23 rig being used to conduct CPT
The cone penetrometer used
consisted of a cone, filter, and friction sleeve as depicted in Figure 4. The cone measures the cone
resistance. The total force acting on the cone divided by the
projected area of the cone produces the cone resistance. The
cone used had a base section of 10cm2 and an angle of 60
degrees. Behind the cone is a filter for measuring the pore
pressure.
Attached to the cone is the friction sleeve. The total force

acting on the friction sleeve divided by the surface area of the
friction sleeve produces the sleeve resistance. The local
friction on the sleeve is measured by tension load cells
embedded in the sleeve for a distance of 100mm behind the
tip. As the probe is advanced through the soil, the average skin
friction is measured.
Figure 4: Cone penetrometer
3.0 RESULTS
3.1 Boring Log and Stratigraphy
The three boring logs produced from the subsurface investigation are presented in Appendix A of this report.
Generally, the logs show that the topsoil at the site is characterized as a soft grey silty clay, while the lower
layers are described as stiff brown clays. The layers of soft clays, also known as the Demerara clays, overlays
the firmer brown clays of the Coropina formation
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3.2 CPT Soil Profiling

The cone penetration test provides a guide to the mechanical characteristics, i.e. strength, stiffness,
compressibility, of the soil. The raw data measurements from the CPTs are presented in Appendix B of this
report. CPT data provides a repeatable index of the aggregate behavior of the in-situ soil in the immediate
area of the probe.
Whilst it was not a requirement by the consultant to process and interpret the data, the CPT data set was
filtered and analyzed using CPeT-IT (by GeoLogismiki), a recognized CPT interpretation software, which
generates 1D, 2D, and tabular datasets for various engineering soil parameters. This prediction of soil type
based on CPT is referred to as Soil Behavior Type (SBT). The boring logs detailing the soil type and soil
parameter estimation from the CPT data for both CPT points are also presented in Appendix B. We have
also included all empirically derived parameters and the governing equations used in CPeT-IT as part of
Appendix B.
3.3 Shear Strength Profile

Two sets of shear strength data were collected based on the investigation: SPT and CPT. A plot of the shear
strength profile based on the data sets is presented in Figure 5. The SPT data was used to determine the
undrained shear strength with energy efficiency of 80 % for the automatic hammer used. The undrained
shear strength (Su) derived from the SPT data was based on correlations between the corrected N'70 values
and the unconfined compressive strength (qu), where Su was taken as half qu. The detailed computations for
Su are given in Appendix C.
The undrained shear strength estimated from the CPT data interpretation was based on the following formula
for which applies only to cohesive soil (SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9):
( )
Su =
Where: qt - Corrected cone resistance
- Overburden stress
Nkt - Cone factor
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Figure 5: Shear Strength profile of the subsurface soil
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APPENDIX A – Boring Logs
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APPENDIX B - CPeT-IT Data Interpretation
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C.B. & Associates Inc.
94 Campbell Avenue, Campbellville, G/Town, Guyana
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https://www.cbassociatesgy.com/ CPT: CPT#1
Project: GYSBI Eccles Geotechnical Investigation Total depth: 19.31 m, Date: 7/20/2021
Location: Eccles, East Bank Demerara Surface Elevation: 16.90 m
Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance Sleeve
Sleeve
friction
friction Pore
Pore
pressure
pressure
0
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
6 6 6
7 7 7
8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9
10 10 10
11 11 11
12 12 12
13 13 13
14 14 14
15 15 15
16 16 16
17 17 17
18 18 18
19 19 19
0 5 10 0 100 0 1 0 ,0 0 0
Tip resistance (MPa) Friction (kPa) Pressure (kPa)
The plot below presents the cross correlation coeficient between the raw qc and fs values (as measured on the field). X axes presents the lag
distance (one lag is the distance between two sucessive CPT measurements).
Cross
Cross correlation
correlationbetween
betweenqc
qc && fs
fs
1.2
1
0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-20 -18 -16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
-1.2
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SBT - Bq plots
SBTSBT
plotplot Bq plot
Bq plot
1 ,0 0 0 Corrected cone resistance, qt/pa 1 ,0 0 0
100
100
Cone resistance, qc/pa
10
10
1
- 0 .6 0 - 0 .4 0 -0 .2 0 0 .0 0 0 .2 0 0 .4 0 0 .6 0 0 .8 0 1 .0 0 1 .2 0 1 .4 0
Pore pressure ratio, Bq
1
0 .1 1 10 SBT legend
Friction Ratio, Rf (%) 1. Sensitive fine grained 4. Clayey silt to silty clay 7. Gravelly sand to sand
2. Organic material 5. Silty sand to sandy silt 8. Very stiff sand to clayey sand
3. Clay to silty clay 6. Clean sand to silty sand 9. Very stiff fine grained
CPeT-IT v.3.5.4.9 - CPTU data presentation & interpretation software 2
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SBT - Bq plots (normalized)
SBTn
SBTn
plotplot Normalized
Normalized
Bq plot
Bq plot
1 ,0 0 0 Normalized cone resistance, Qtn 1 ,0 0 0
100
Normalized Cone Resistance, Qtn
100
10
10
1
- 0 .6 0 - 0 .4 0 -0 .2 0 0 .0 0 0 .2 0 0 .4 0 0 .6 0 0 .8 0 1 .0 0 1 .2 0 1 .4 0
1
0 .1 1 10 SBTn legend
Normalized Friction Ratio, Fr (%)
1. Sensitive fine grained 4. Clayey silt to silty clay 7. Gravelly sand to sand
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Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType Fuzzy
Fuzzy
Classification
Classification
0 .5 0 .5
1 1
1 .5 1 .5
2 2
2 .5 2 .5
3 3
3 .5 3 .5
4 4
4 .5 4 .5
5 5
5 .5 5 .5
6 6
6 .5 6 .5
7 7
7 .5 7 .5
8 8
8 .5 8 .5
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9
9 .5 9 .5
10 10
1 0 .5 1 0 .5
11 11
1 1 .5 1 1 .5
12 12
1 2 .5 1 2 .5
13 13
1 3 .5 1 3 .5
14 14
1 4 .5 1 4 .5
15 15
1 5 .5 1 5 .5
16 16
1 6 .5 1 6 .5
17 17
1 7 .5 1 7 .5
18 18
1 8 .5 1 8 .5
19 19
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 20 40 60 80 100
SBTn (Robertson 1990) Probability of Soil Types (%)

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Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance
qt qt Friction
Friction
ratio
ratio Pore
Pore
pressure
pressure
u u SBTSBT
Index
Index SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType
0 0
Silty sand & sandy silt
Q tn,cs=100 Clay & silty clay
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
Organic soil
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 Clay
Clay & silty clay
7 7 7 7 7
Clay
8 8 8 8 8 Clay & silty clay
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
Clay
10 10 10 10 10
Clay & silty clay
Clay
12 12 12 12 12
Clay
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
Clay & silty clay
15 15 15 15 15
16 16 16 16 16
Clay & silty clay
Clay
18 18 18 18 Clay & silty clay
18 Silty sand & sandy silt
0 20 40 60 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Tip resistance (MPa) Rf (%) Pressure (kPa) I(SBT) SBT (Robertson, 2010)
SBT legend
1. Sensitive fine grained 4. Clayey silt to silty clay 7. Gravely sand to sand
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Norm.
Norm.
cone
cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
friction
friction
ratio
ratio Norm.
Norm.
pore
pore
pressure
pressure
ratio
ratio SBTn
SBTn
Index
Index Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType
0 0 0
Sand & silty sand
1 1 1 1 1 Organic soil
Organic soil
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
Organic soil
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 Clay
Clay & silty clay
7 7 7 7 7
Clay
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
Clay
10 10 10 10 10
Clay & silty clay
Clay
12 12 12 12 12
Clay
13 13 13 13 13
Clay & silty clay
14 14 14 14 14
Clay
Clay
16 16 16 16 Clay & silty clay
16
Clay & silty clay
17 17 17 17 17 Clay
Clay
Clay & silty clay
Clay & silty clay
0 100 200 300 400 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 0 .5 1 1 2 3 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Qtn Fr (%) Bq Ic SBTn (Robertson, 1990)
SBTn legend
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Norm.
Norm.
cone
cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
friction
friction
ratio
ratio Norm.
Norm.
pore
pore
pressure
pressure
ratio
ratio Mod.
Mod.
SBTn
SBTn
I(B)I(B) Mod.
Mod.
Norm.
Norm.
SBTn
SBTn
0 0 0 0
Sand like - Dilative
1 Clay-like - Contractive
1 1 1 1
Clay-like - Contractive - Sensitive
Clay-like - Contractive
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 Clay-like - Contractive
5 5 5 5 5 Clay-like - Contractive - Sensitive
6 6 6 6 6
Transitional - Contractive
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 Transitional - Contractive
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11 Transitional - Contractive
Transitional - Contractive
Clay-like - Dilative
12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13
Transitional - Dilative
14 14 14 14 14 Clay-like - Dilative
15 15 15 15 15
18 18 18 18 18 Transitional - Dilative
19 19 19 19 19 Transitional - Dilative
32 22
0 100 200 300 400 0 2 4 6 8 10 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 100 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Qtn Fr (%) U2 I Mod. SBTn (Robertson 2016)
Mod. SBTn legend B
1. CCS: ClayLike - Contractive, Sensitive 4. TC: Transitional - Contractive 7. SD: Sand-like - Dilative
2. CC: Clay-like - Contractive 5. TD: Transitional - Dilative
3. CD: Clay-Like: Dilative 6. SC: Sand-like - Contractive
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Updated SBTn plots
Modified
Modified
Robertson
Robertson
(2016)
(2016)
SBTn
SBTn Modified
Modified
Schneider
Schneider
et alet(2008)
al (2008)
SBTnSBTn Normalized
Normalized
Rigidity
Rigidity
Index
Index
1 ,0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0
SD
IB=32

IB =22
100
SD 100 100
CD=70
TC
TD CC
SC CCS
CD
K*
TC
(G
10 10 10
)=
K*
33
(G
0
)=
CCS CC
10
0
1 1 1
0 .1 1 10 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 10 100 1 ,0 0 0
Normalized Friction Ratio, Fr (%) Du2/sig'v Go/qn
CCS: Clay-like - Contractive - Sensitive K(G) > 330: Soils with significant microstructure
CC: Clay-like - Contractive (e.g. age/cementation)
CD: Clay-like - Dilative
TC: Transitional - Contractive
TD: Transitional - Dilative
SC: Sand-like - Contractive
SD: Sand-like - Dilative
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Permeability
Permeability SPTSPT
N60N60 Young's
Young's
modulus
modulus Relative
Relative
density
density Friction
Friction
angle
angle
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
15 15 15 15 15
16 16 16 16 16
17 17 17 17 17
18 18 18 18 18
19 19 19 19 19
-9 -6 -3 +0 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 50 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 30 35 40 45 50
1 x1 0 1 x1 0 1 x1 0 1 x1 0
Ksbt (m/s) N60 (blows/30cm) Es (MPa) Dr (%) φ (degrees)
Calculation parameters
Permeability: Based on SBTn Relative density constant, CDr: 350.0
SPT N60 : Based on Ic and qt Phi: Based on Kulhawy & Mayne (1990)
Young’s modulus: Based on variable alpha using Ic (Robertson, 2009) User defined estimation data
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Constrained
Constrained
Modulus
Modulus Shear
Shear
modulus
modulus Shear
Shear
strength
strength Undrained
Undrained
strength
strength
ratio
ratio OCR
OCR
0 0 0 0 0
S u peak
1 1 1 S u remolded 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
15 15 15 15 15
16 16 16 16 16
17 17 17 17 17
18 18 18 18 18
19 19 19 19 19
0 50 100 0 50 100 0 200 0 1 2 3 4 0 5 10 15 20
M(C PT) (MPa) Go (MPa) Su (kPa) Su/σ',vo OC R
Constrained modulus: Based on variable alpha using Ic and Qtn (Robertson, 2009) OCR factor for clays, Nkt: 0.33
Go: Based on variable alpha using Ic (Robertson, 2009) User defined estimation data
Undrained shear strength cone factor for clays, Nkt: 14 Flat Dilatometer Test data
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Shear
Shear
Wave
Wave
velocity
velocity State
State
parameter
parameter In-situ
In-situ
stress
stress
ratio
ratio SoilSoil
sensitivity
sensitivity Effective
Effective
friction
friction
angle
angle
0 0 1
1
1 1 .5
1 1
2 2
2 2 .5
2 2
3 3
3 3 3 3 .5
4 4
4 4 4 4 .5
5 5
5 5 5 5 .5
6 6
6 6 6 .5
6
7 7
7 7
7 7 .5
8 8
8 8
8 8 .5
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9
9 9
9 9 .5
10 10 10
10 10
1 0 .5
11 11 11
11 11
1 1 .5
12 12 12 12
12
1 2 .5
13 13 13 13
13
1 3 .5
14 14 14 14
14
1 4 .5
15 15 15 15
15
1 5 .5
16 16 16
16 16
1 6 .5
17 17 17
17 17
1 7 .5
18 18 18
18 18
19 19 1 8 .5
19 19
0 100 200 -0 .2 -0 .1 0 0 .1 10 15 20 25 0 2 4 6 8 10 20 25 30 35 40
Vs (m/s) ψ Ko St Peak φ (degrees)
Soil Sensitivity factor, NS: 7.00
User defined estimation data
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Depth (m) E lev ation: 16.90 (m) Description qt (M Pa) Ksbt (m/s) N 60 E s (M P a) Dr Phi (°) M (M Pa) Go (M P a) S u (kPa) Su ratio OCR G amma
0.00 (kN /m³)
0
0.5 0.15 S and & silty sand 3.5 4.20E -4 6.5 16.0 68.4 40.2 19.3 19.3 - - - 15.9
1 0.68 N /A 0.2 4.90E -6 2.2 - - - 3.9 5.8 5.8 0.9 4.1 14.6
1.5
1.52 O rganic soil 0.1 2.11E-10 1.0 - - - 0.1 3.3 1.8 0.2 0.8 13.9
2
2.5
3
3.04 O rganic soil 0.1 1.97E-10 1.0 - - - 0.1 5.0 3.3 0.2 0.9 14.0
3.5
4
4.5 4.44 O rganic soil 0.1 2.33E-10 1.0 - - - 0.2 6.0 4.2 0.2 0.9 14.2
5
5.10 O rganic soil 0.2 3.56E-10 1.0 - - - 0.3 7.0 5.8 0.2 1.1 14.3
5.5
6
6.01 C lay 0.3 5.98E -9 1.9 - - - 2.0 11.5 17.3 0.6 2.6 15.1
6.5
7
7.5
7.47 C lay 0.5 1.00E -7 2.9 - - - 4.2 16.0 24.9 0.6 2.8 15.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
9.53 C lay 0.5 3.24E -9 3.0 - - - 2.5 16.2 24.9 0.5 2.3 15.4
10
10.5
11 10.71 C lay & silty clay 1.2 5.78E -8 5.2 - - - 14.4 30.6 73.4 1.2 5.7 16.7
11.5
12 11.79 C lay 1.9 2.84E -8 8.6 - - - 23.4 54.2 119.5 1.8 8.1 18.3
12.5
13
13.5 13.36 C lay & silty clay 3.0 7.99E -8 12.3 - - - 39.0 72.1 198.8 2.4 11.1 18.8
14
14.5
15
15.06 C lay & silty clay 3.3 1.96E -7 13.6 - - - 42.1 79.5 198.2 1.9 8.7 18.7
15.5
16
16.5
17
17.5
18
18.5
19
0 10 1 2 3 4
Tip resistance (MPa) Ic
CPT name: CPT#1
Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType Typical Geotech. Section
0
Sand & silty sand Sand & silty sand
Silty sand & sandy silt N/A
1 1 Organic soil 1
Organic soil Organic soil
2 2 2
3 3 3
Organic soil
Organic soil
4 4 4
Organic soil
5 5 5
Organic soil
6 6 Clay 6
Clay
Clay & silty clay
7 7 7
Clay
Clay
8 8 Clay & silty clay 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9
Clay
Clay
10 10 10
11 11 Clay & silty clay 11 Clay & silty clay

Clay & silty clay
Clay
12 12 12 Clay
Clay
13 13 13
Clay & silty clay
Clay & silty clay
14 14 14
Clay

Clay Clay & silty clay
Clay & silty clay
16 16 16
Clay & silty clay
17 17 Clay 17
Clay
Clay & silty clay
0 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 5
Tip resistance (MPa) SBTn (Robertson 1990)
Tabular results
.:: Layer No: 1 ::.
Code: Layer_1 Start depth: 0.15 (m), End depth: 0.68 (m)
Description: Sand & silty sand
Basic results Estimation results

Total cone resistance: 3.46 ±0.96 MPa Permeability: 4.20E-04 ±3.20E-04 m/s Constrained Mod.: 19.34 ±3.62 MPa
Sleeve friction: 10.83 ±6.54 kPa N60 : 6.48 ±1.49 blows Go: 19.34 ±3.62 MPa
Ic: 1.46 ±0.14 Es: 16.01 ±2.49 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 6 Dr (%): 68.42 ±4.61 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
SBTn description: Sand & silty sand φ (degrees): 40.17 ±0.96 ° O.C.R.: 0.00 ±0.00
Unit weight: 15.94 ±0.90 kN/m³

CPT name: CPT#1
.:: Layer No: 2 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 1.70 ±1.76 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 5.76 ±9.05 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.88 ±1.21
SBT description: N/A φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 4.08 ±5.57
.:: Layer No: 3 ::.
Description: Organic soil

Ic: 3.92 ±0.18 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 1.83 ±0.56 kPa
SBTn: 2 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.18 ±0.07
SBTn description: Organic soil φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 0.81 ±0.32
.:: Layer No: 4 ::.

Ic: 3.79 ±0.07 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 3.30 ±0.41 kPa
SBTn: 2 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.20 ±0.03
.:: Layer No: 5 ::.

Ic: 3.73 ±0.03 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 4.23 ±0.17 kPa
SBTn: 2 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.20 ±0.01

CPT name: CPT#1
.:: Layer No: 6 ::.

Ic: 3.61 ±0.08 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 5.82 ±1.00 kPa
SBTn: 2 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.23 ±0.03
.:: Layer No: 7 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 3.16 ±0.15 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 17.34 ±6.16 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.56 ±0.17
SBTn description: Clay φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 2.57 ±0.78
.:: Layer No: 8 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 3.02 ±0.21 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 24.89 ±3.93 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.61 ±0.10
.:: Layer No: 9 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 3.11 ±0.04 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 24.93 ±1.07 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.50 ±0.02
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.:: Layer No: 10 ::.
Description: Clay & silty clay

Ic: 2.75 ±0.13 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 73.44 ±17.18 kPa
SBTn: 4 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.24 ±0.26
SBTn description: Clay & silty clay φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 5.74 ±1.19
.:: Layer No: 11 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.84 ±0.10 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 119.47 ±18.55 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.75 ±0.21
.:: Layer No: 12 ::.

Ic: 2.65 ±0.04 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 198.82 ±11.04 kPa
SBTn: 4 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 2.40 ±0.18
.:: Layer No: 13 ::.

Ic: 2.68 ±0.16 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 198.19 ±34.58 kPa
SBTn: 4 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.88 ±0.27

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Summary table of mean values
From depth Thickness Permeability SPTN60 Es Dr Friction Constrained Shear Undrained Undrained OCR Unit weight
To depth (m) (m/s) (blows/30cm) (MPa) (%) angle modulus, M modulus, GO strength, SU strength (kN/m³)
(m) (MPa) (MPa) (kPa) ratio
0.15 4.20E-04 6.5 16.0 68.4 40.2 19.3 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.9
0.53
0.68 (±3.20E-04) (±1.5) (±2.5) (±4.6) (±1.0) (±3.6) (±3.6) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.9)
0.68 4.90E-06 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.8 5.8 0.9 4.1 14.6
0.84
1.52 (±1.14E-05) (±1.2) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±5.6) (±5.1) (±9.0) (±1.2) (±5.6) (±1.3)
1.52 2.11E-10 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.3 1.8 0.2 0.8 13.9
1.52
3.04 (±1.34E-10) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.7) (±0.6) (±0.1) (±0.3) (±0.1)
3.04 1.97E-10 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 5.0 3.3 0.2 0.9 14.0
1.40
4.44 (±4.97E-11) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.3) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.1)
4.44 2.33E-10 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 6.0 4.2 0.2 0.9 14.2
0.66
5.10 (±2.36E-11) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.2) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.0)
5.10 3.56E-10 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 7.0 5.8 0.2 1.1 14.3
0.91
6.01 (±9.20E-11) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.5) (±1.0) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.1)
6.01 5.98E-09 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 11.5 17.3 0.6 2.6 15.1
1.46
7.47 (±1.78E-08) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.4) (±2.0) (±6.2) (±0.2) (±0.8) (±0.4)
7.47 1.00E-07 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 16.0 24.9 0.6 2.8 15.5
2.06
9.53 (±5.46E-07) (±0.8) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±4.5) (±2.9) (±3.9) (±0.1) (±0.5) (±0.4)
9.53 3.24E-09 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 16.2 24.9 0.5 2.3 15.4
1.18
10.71 (±8.96E-10) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.2) (±0.8) (±1.1) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.1)
10.71 5.78E-08 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 30.6 73.4 1.2 5.7 16.7
1.08
11.79 (±6.94E-08) (±1.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±4.2) (±7.2) (±17.2) (±0.3) (±1.2) (±0.7)
11.79 2.84E-08 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.4 54.2 119.5 1.8 8.1 18.3
1.57
13.36 (±2.78E-08) (±0.8) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±3.6) (±4.0) (±18.5) (±0.2) (±1.0) (±0.2)
13.36 7.99E-08 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.0 72.1 198.8 2.4 11.1 18.8
1.70
15.06 (±2.33E-08) (±0.6) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±2.2) (±3.6) (±11.0) (±0.2) (±0.8) (±0.1)
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15.06 1.96E-07 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.1 79.5 198.2 1.9 8.7 18.7
4.11
19.17 (±7.70E-07) (±2.2) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±11.6) (±9.7) (±34.6) (±0.3) (±1.2) (±0.4)
Depth values presented in this table are measured from free ground surface
Presented below is a list of formulas used for the estimation of various soil properties. The formulas are presented in SI unit system and assume
that all components are expressed in the same units.
:: Unit Weight, g (kN/m³) :: :: Small strain shear Modulus, Go (MPa) ::

 q 
G 0 = (q t − σ v ) ⋅ 0.0188 ⋅10 0.55⋅Ic +1.68
g = gw ⋅  0.27 ⋅ log(R f ) + 0.36 ⋅ log( t ) + 1.236 
 p a 
where gw = water unit weight :: Shear Wave Velocity, Vs (m/s) ::
0.50
:: Permeability, k (m/s) :: G 
Vs =  0 
I c < 3.27 and I c > 1.00 then k = 10 0.952-3.04 ⋅Ic  ρ 
I c ≤ 4.00 and I c > 3.27 then k = 10 -4.52-1.37⋅Ic :: Undrained peak shear strength, Su (kPa) ::
N kt = 10.50 + 7 ⋅ log(F r ) or user defined

:: NSPT (blows per 30 cm) :: (q t − σ v )
Su =
q  1 Nkt
N 60 =  c  ⋅ 1.1268 −0.2817⋅I
 Pa  10 c (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
1
N1(60 ) = Q tn ⋅ 1.1268 −0.2817⋅I :: Remolded undrained shear strength, Su(rem) (kPa) ::
10 c
S u(rem ) = fs (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9

:: Young's Modulus, Es (MPa) :: or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
(q t − σ v ) ⋅ 0.015 ⋅ 10 0.55⋅I c +1.68 :: Overconsolidation Ratio, OCR ::

(applicable only to Ic < Ic_cutoff) 1.25
 Q 0.20
tn

k OCR =   or user defined
:: Relative Density, Dr (%) ::  0.25 ⋅ (10.50 ⋅ +7 ⋅ log(F r )) 
OCR = k O C R ⋅ Q tn
Q tn (applicable only to SBTn: 5, 6, 7 and 8
100 ⋅ (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
k DR or Ic < Ic_cutoff)
:: State Parameter, ψ :: :: In situ Stress Ratio, Ko ::
ψ = 0.56 − 0.33 ⋅ log(Q tn, cs ) K O = (1 − sin ϕ ' ) ⋅ OCR sin ϕ '
(applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)

:: Drained Friction Angle, φ (°) ::
φ = φ'cv +15.94 ⋅ log(Q tn,cs ) − 26.88 :: Soil Sensitivity, St ::

(applicable only to SBTn: 5, 6, 7 and 8 or Ic < Ic_cutoff) NS
St =
Fr
:: 1-D constrained modulus, M (MPa) :: (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
If Ic > 2.20
α = 14 for Qtn > 14 :: Peak Friction Angle, φ' (°) ::
α = Qtn for Qtn ≤ 14
MCPT = α·(qt − σv) φ ' = 29.5° ⋅ B 0.121
q ⋅ (0.256 + 0.336 ⋅ B q + logQ t )
(applicable for 0.10<Bq<1.00)
If Ic ≥ 2.20
MCPT =0.03 ⋅ (qt − σ v ) ⋅ 10 0.55⋅Ic +1.68
References
• Robertson, P.K., Cabal K.L., Guide to Cone Penetration Testing for Geotechnical Engineering, Gregg Drilling & Testing, Inc., 5th Edition, November
2012
• Robertson, P.K., Interpretation of Cone Penetration Tests - a unified approach., Can. Geotech. J. 46(11): 1337–1355 (2009)
• N Barounis, J Philpot, Estimation of in-situ water content, void ratio, dry unit weight and porosity using CPT for saturated sands, Proc. 20th NZGS
Geotechnical Symposium

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Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance Sleeve
Sleeve
friction
friction Pore
Pore
pressure
pressure
0 0 0
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
6 6 6
7 7 7
8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9
10 10 10
11 11 11
12 12 12
13 13 13
14 14 14
15 15 15
16 16 16
17 17 17
18 18 18
0 2 4 6 100 0 500
Tip resistance (MPa) Friction (kPa) Pressure (kPa)
The plot below presents the cross correlation coeficient between the raw qc and fs values (as measured on the field). X axes presents the lag
distance (one lag is the distance between two sucessive CPT measurements).
Cross
Cross correlation
correlationbetween
betweenqc
qc && fs
fs
1.2
1
0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-20 -18 -16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
-1.2

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SBT - Bq plots
SBTSBT
plotplot Bq plot
Bq plot
1 ,0 0 0 Corrected cone resistance, qt/pa 1 ,0 0 0
100
100
Cone resistance, qc/pa
10
10
1
- 0 .6 0 - 0 .4 0 -0 .2 0 0 .0 0 0 .2 0 0 .4 0 0 .6 0 0 .8 0 1 .0 0 1 .2 0 1 .4 0
1
0 .1 1 10 SBT legend
Friction Ratio, Rf (%) 1. Sensitive fine grained 4. Clayey silt to silty clay 7. Gravelly sand to sand
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SBT - Bq plots (normalized)
SBTn
SBTn
plotplot Normalized
Normalized
Bq plot
Bq plot
1 ,0 0 0 Normalized cone resistance, Qtn 1 ,0 0 0
100
100
10
10
1
- 0 .6 0 - 0 .4 0 -0 .2 0 0 .0 0 0 .2 0 0 .4 0 0 .6 0 0 .8 0 1 .0 0 1 .2 0 1 .4 0
1
0 .1 1 10 SBTn legend
Normalized Friction Ratio, Fr (%)
1. Sensitive fine grained 4. Clayey silt to silty clay 7. Gravelly sand to sand
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Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType Fuzzy
Fuzzy
Classification
Classification
0 .5 0 .5
1 1
1 .5 1 .5
2 2
2 .5 2 .5
3 3
3 .5 3 .5
4 4
4 .5 4 .5
5 5
5 .5 5 .5
6 6
6 .5 6 .5
7 7
7 .5 7 .5
8 8
8 .5 8 .5
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9
9 .5 9 .5
10 10
1 0 .5 1 0 .5
11 11
1 1 .5 1 1 .5
12 12
1 2 .5 1 2 .5
13 13
1 3 .5 1 3 .5
14 14
1 4 .5 1 4 .5
15 15
1 5 .5 1 5 .5
16 16
1 6 .5 1 6 .5
17 17
1 7 .5 1 7 .5
18 18
1 8 .5 1 8 .5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 20 40 60 80 100
SBTn (Robertson 1990) Probability of Soil Types (%)

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Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance
qt qt Friction
Friction
ratio
ratio Pore
Pore
pressure
pressure
u u SBTSBT
Index
Index SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType
0 0 0 0
Sand & silty sand
Q tn,cs=100
1 1 1 1 1
Organic soil
2 2 2 2 2
Clay
3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5 5
Clay
Clay
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Organic soil
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
Clay
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
Clay
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
Clay & silty clay
Clay
Clay & silty clay
Clay & silty clay
Clay & silty clay
18 18 18 18 18 Clay
Clay
0 5 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 500 1 2 3 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Tip resistance (MPa) Rf (%) Pressure (kPa) I(SBT) SBT (Robertson, 2010)
SBT legend
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Norm.
Norm.
cone
cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
friction
friction
ratio
ratio Norm.
Norm.
pore
pore
pressure
pressure
ratio
ratio SBTn
SBTn
Index
Index Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType
0 0 0 0 Sand
Clay
2 2 2 2 2
Organic soil
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
Organic soil
5 5 5 5 5
Organic soil
6 6 6 6 6
Organic soil
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
Organic soil
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
Clay
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
Clay & silty clay
15 15 15 15 15
Clay
16 16 16 16 16
Clay & silty clay
17 17 17 17 17 Clay
Clay & silty clay
Clay
0 100 200 300 400 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 0 .5 1 1 2 3 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Qtn Fr (%) Bq Ic SBTn (Robertson, 1990)
SBTn legend
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Norm.
Norm.
cone
cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
friction
friction
ratio
ratio Norm.
Norm.
pore
pore
pressure
pressure
ratio
ratio Mod.
Mod.
SBTn
SBTn
I(B)I(B) Mod.
Mod.
Norm.
Norm.
SBTn
SBTn
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
15 15 15 15 15
16 16 16 16 16
32 22
0 100 200 300 400 0 2 4 6 8 10 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 100 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Qtn Fr (%) U2 I Mod. SBTn (Robertson 2016)
Mod. SBTn legend B
1. CCS: ClayLike - Contractive, Sensitive 4. TC: Transitional - Contractive 7. SD: Sand-like - Dilative
2. CC: Clay-like - Contractive 5. TD: Transitional - Dilative
3. CD: Clay-Like: Dilative 6. SC: Sand-like - Contractive
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Updated SBTn plots
Modified
Modified
Robertson
Robertson
(2016)
(2016)
SBTn
SBTn Modified
Modified
Schneider
Schneider
et alet(2008)
al (2008)
SBTnSBTn Normalized
Normalized
Rigidity
Rigidity
Index
Index
1 ,0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0 1 ,0 0 0
SD
IB=32

IB =22
100
SD 100 100
CD=70
TC
TD CC
SC CCS
CD
K*
TC
(G
10 10 10
)=
K*
33
(G
0
)=
CCS CC
10
0
1 1 1
0 .1 1 10 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 10 100 1 ,0 0 0
Normalized Friction Ratio, Fr (%) Du2/sig'v Go/qn
CCS: Clay-like - Contractive - Sensitive K(G) > 330: Soils with significant microstructure
CC: Clay-like - Contractive (e.g. age/cementation)
CD: Clay-like - Dilative
TC: Transitional - Contractive
TD: Transitional - Dilative
SC: Sand-like - Contractive
SD: Sand-like - Dilative
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Permeability
Permeability SPTSPT
N60N60 Young's
Young's
modulus
modulus Relative
Relative
density
density Friction
Friction
angle
angle
0 0
0 .2 0 .2 0 .2
1 1 0 .4 0 .4 0 .4
0 .6 0 .6 0 .6
2 2
0 .8 0 .8 0 .8
1 1 1
3 3
1 .2 1 .2 1 .2
4 4 1 .4 1 .4 1 .4
1 .6 1 .6 1 .6
5 5 1 .8 1 .8 1 .8
2 2 2
6 6
2 .2 2 .2 2 .2
7 2 .4 2 .4 2 .4
7
2 .6 2 .6 2 .6
8 8 2 .8 2 .8 2 .8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
3 3 3
9 9 3 .2 3 .2 3 .2
3 .4 3 .4 3 .4
10 10
3 .6 3 .6 3 .6
11 11 3 .8 3 .8 3 .8
4 4 4
12 12 4 .2 4 .2 4 .2
4 .4 4 .4 4 .4
13 13 4 .6 4 .6 4 .6
4 .8 4 .8 4 .8
14 14
5 5 5
15 15 5 .2 5 .2 5 .2
5 .4 5 .4 5 .4
16 16 5 .6 5 .6 5 .6
5 .8 5 .8 5 .8
17 17
6 6 6
6 .2 6 .2 6 .2
18 18
6 .4 6 .4 6 .4
-9 -6 -3 +0 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 30 35 40 45 50
1 x1 0 1 x1 0 1 x1 0 1 x1 0
Ksbt (m/s) N60 (blows/30cm) Es (MPa) Dr (%) φ (degrees)
Permeability: Based on SBTn Relative density constant, CDr: 350.0
SPT N60 : Based on Ic and qt Phi: Based on Kulhawy & Mayne (1990)
Young’s modulus: Based on variable alpha using Ic (Robertson, 2009) User defined estimation data
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Constrained
Constrained
Modulus
Modulus Shear
Shear
modulus
modulus Shear
Shear
strength
strength Undrained
Undrained
strength
strength
ratio
ratio OCR
OCR
0 0 0 0 0
S u peak
1 1 1 S u remolded 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14
15 15 15 15 15
16 16 16 16 16
17 17 17 17 17
18 18 18 18 18
0 20 40 0 50 100 0 100 200 0 1 2 3 4 0 5 10 15 20
M(C PT) (MPa) Go (MPa) Su (kPa) Su/σ',vo OC R
Constrained modulus: Based on variable alpha using Ic and Qtn (Robertson, 2009) OCR factor for clays, Nkt: 0.33
Go: Based on variable alpha using Ic (Robertson, 2009) User defined estimation data
Undrained shear strength cone factor for clays, Nkt: 14 Flat Dilatometer Test data
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Shear
Shear
Wave
Wave
velocity
velocity State
State
parameter
parameter In-situ
In-situ
stress
stress
ratio
ratio SoilSoil
sensitivity
sensitivity Effective
Effective
friction
friction
angle
angle
0 0 0 0
0 .2
1 0 .4 1 1 1
0 .6
2 2 2 2
0 .8
1
3 3 3 3
1 .2
4 1 .4 4 4 4
1 .6
5 1 .8 5 5 5
2
6 6 6 6
2 .2
2 .4
7 7 7 7
2 .6
8 2 .8 8 8 8
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
3
9 3 .2 9 9 9
3 .4
10 10 10 10
3 .6
11 3 .8 11 11 11
4
12 4 .2 12 12 12
4 .4
13 4 .6 13 13 13
4 .8
14 14 14 14
5
15 5 .2 15 15 15
5 .4
16 5 .6 16 16 16
5 .8
17 17 17 17
6
6 .2
18 18 18 18
6 .4
0 100 200 - 0 .2 - 0 .1 0 0 .1 10 15 20 25 0 2 4 6 8 10 20 25 30 35 40
Vs (m/s) ψ Ko St Peak φ (degrees)
Soil Sensitivity factor, NS: 7.00
User defined estimation data
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Depth (m) E lev ation: 17.10 (m) Description qt (M Pa) Ksbt (m/s) N 60 E s (M P a) Dr Phi (°) M (M Pa) Go (M P a) S u (kPa) Su ratio OCR G amma
0.00 (kN /m³)
0
0.09 V ery dense/stiff soil 2.5 6.35E -4 8.1 - - - 14.1 14.3 0.7 0.1 0.6 15.7
0.5
1
0.91 N /A 0.0 - - - - - 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 13.7
1.5
2 1.86 N /A 0.1 7.00E -7 1.7 - - - 5.0 8.6 11.6 0.9 4.1 14.0
2.5
3
2.99 N /A 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - 14.1
3.5
4
4.08 N /A 0.0 5.44E-10 1.1 - - - 0.7 7.7 7.1 0.3 1.6 14.5
4.5
5
4.95 S ensitiv e fine grained 0.1 4.02E -9 1.8 - - - 3.0 12.7 18.0 0.7 3.4 14.5
5.5
6 5.71 N /A 0.2 9.01E -8 3.2 - - - 7.9 19.4 34.4 1.0 4.8 15.1
6.5
7 6.70 N /A 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - 14.7
7.5
7.46 N /A 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - 14.8
8
8.5 8.18 N /A 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - 14.7
9 8.88 N /A 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - 14.7
9.5
9.56 N /A 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - 14.8
10
10.5 10.14 N /A 0.2 6.03E-10 3.0 - - - 1.5 17.3 15.3 0.3 1.4 15.3
11 10.82 C lay 1.3 1.22E -8 6.6 - - - 16.4 44.0 83.8 1.5 7.0 18.1
11.5
11.41 C lay 1.4 5.48E -9 7.4 - - - 17.0 52.1 86.8 1.4 6.4 18.4
12
12.5
13 12.85 C lay 1.9 9.75E -9 9.7 - - - 24.2 65.1 123.4 1.7 8.0 18.8
13.5 13.37 C lay 2.6 3.03E -8 11.9 - - - 33.6 74.4 171.4 2.2 10.2 19.0
14 13.88 C lay 2.6 2.97E -8 11.8 - - - 33.3 73.7 170.0 2.0 9.4 18.9
14.5
15 14.89 C lay 2.4 2.07E -8 11.1 - - - 29.7 70.3 151.7 1.7 7.7 18.7
15.5
15.54 C lay 2.1 9.57E -9 10.3 - - - 25.5 69.5 130.2 1.4 6.2 18.6
16
16.5 16.18 C lay 2.7 2.59E -8 12.3 - - - 33.9 78.3 172.8 1.7 7.7 18.8
17
17.5 17.29 C lay 2.6 1.53E -8 12.7 - - - 32.6 83.7 166.2 1.5 6.7 18.9
18
18.5
0 5 1 2 3 4
Tip resistance (MPa) Ic
CPT name: CPT#2
Cone
Cone
resistance
resistance Norm.
Norm.
SoilSoil
Behaviour
Behaviour
TypeType Typical Geotech. Section
0 Sand Very dense/stif f soil
0 .5 Clay
1 1 Organic soil 1 N/A
1 .5
2 2 2 N/A
2 .5 Organic soil
3 3 3
N/A
3 .5
4 4 4
N/A
4 .5 Organic soil
5 5 5 Sensitiv e f ine grained
Organic soil
5 .5
6 6 6 N/A
6 .5 Organic soil
7 7 7 N/A
7 .5 N/A
8 8 8
N/A
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
Depth (m)
8 .5
9 9 9 N/A
9 .5
N/A
10 10 10
N/A
1 0 .5 Organic soil
11 11 11 Clay
1 1 .5 Clay
12 12 12
1 2 .5
Clay
13 13 13 Clay
1 3 .5 Clay
14 14 14 Clay
1 4 .5 Clay & silty clay
15 15 Clay & silty clay 15 Clay
1 5 .5
Clay Clay
16 16 16
1 6 .5 Clay & silty clay Clay
17 17 Clay 17
1 7 .5 Clay & silty clay Clay
Clay
1 8 .5
0 5 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 5
Tip resistance (MPa) SBTn (Robertson 1990)
Tabular results
.:: Layer No: 1 ::.
Description: Very dense/stiff soil

Ic: 2.62 ±1.26 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.66 ±2.53 kPa
SBTn: 9 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.14 ±0.51
SBTn description: Very dense/stiff soil φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 0.65 ±2.35

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 2 ::.
Description: N/A

Total cone resistance: 0.02 ±0.00 MPa Permeability: 0.00E+00 ±0.00E+00 m/s Constrained Mod.: 0.02 ±0.00 MPa
Ic: 0.89 ±1.69 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.06 ±0.05 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.01 ±0.01
.:: Layer No: 3 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.54 ±1.17 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 11.60 ±8.04 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.88 ±0.55
.:: Layer No: 4 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
.:: Layer No: 5 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.29 ±1.01 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 7.06 ±5.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.34 ±0.24

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 6 ::.
Description: Sensitive fine grained

Ic: 0.43 ±1.14 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 17.97 ±10.08 kPa
SBTn: 1 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.73 ±0.41
SBTn description: Sensitive fine grained φ (degrees): 0.00 ±0.00 ° O.C.R.: 3.38 ±1.89
.:: Layer No: 7 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.77 ±1.36 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 34.38 ±25.65 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.03 ±0.69
.:: Layer No: 8 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
.:: Layer No: 9 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 10 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
.:: Layer No: 11 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
.:: Layer No: 12 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.00 ±0.00 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 0.00 ±0.00 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.00 ±0.00
.:: Layer No: 13 ::.
Description: N/A

Ic: 0.76 ±1.52 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 15.33 ±12.29 kPa
SBTn: 0 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 0.30 ±0.24

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 14 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.96 ±0.12 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 83.75 ±16.60 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.52 ±0.30
.:: Layer No: 15 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 3.05 ±0.07 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 86.79 ±7.43 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.38 ±0.16
.:: Layer No: 16 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.95 ±0.03 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 123.36 ±12.73 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.72 ±0.15
.:: Layer No: 17 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.79 ±0.05 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 171.42 ±7.99 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 2.22 ±0.10

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 18 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.80 ±0.04 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 170.00 ±12.72 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 2.03 ±0.11
.:: Layer No: 19 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.85 ±0.04 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 151.74 ±7.50 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.67 ±0.10
.:: Layer No: 20 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.96 ±0.05 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 130.17 ±9.47 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.35 ±0.09
.:: Layer No: 21 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.83 ±0.07 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 172.80 ±16.23 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.66 ±0.16

CPT name: CPT#2
.:: Layer No: 22 ::.
Description: Clay

Ic: 2.91 ±0.09 Es: 0.00 ±0.00 MPa Su: 166.24 ±17.21 kPa
SBTn: 3 Dr (%): 0.00 ±0.00 Su ratio: 1.45 ±0.15

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0.09 6.35E-04 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.1 14.3 0.7 0.1 0.6 15.7
0.82
0.91 (±6.04E-04) (±3.2) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±13.3) (±13.1) (±2.5) (±0.5) (±2.3) (±1.7)
0.91 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 13.7
0.95
1.86 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1) (±0.1) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0)
1.86 7.00E-07 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 8.6 11.6 0.9 4.1 14.0
1.13
2.99 (±1.19E-06) (±0.8) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±4.9) (±3.3) (±8.0) (±0.5) (±2.5) (±0.5)
2.99 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.1
1.09
4.08 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.3)
4.08 5.44E-10 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 7.7 7.1 0.3 1.6 14.5
0.87
4.95 (±3.51E-10) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.7) (±3.8) (±5.0) (±0.2) (±1.1) (±0.4)
4.95 4.02E-09 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 12.7 18.0 0.7 3.4 14.5
0.76
5.71 (±3.80E-09) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±2.3) (±3.5) (±10.1) (±0.4) (±1.9) (±0.6)
5.71 9.01E-08 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 19.4 34.4 1.0 4.8 15.1
0.99
6.70 (±1.60E-07) (±1.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±7.1) (±6.3) (±25.6) (±0.7) (±3.2) (±0.9)
6.70 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7
0.76
7.46 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1)
7.46 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.8
0.72
8.18 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.2)
8.18 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7
0.70
8.88 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1)
8.88 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7
0.68
9.56 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.1)
9.56 0.00E+00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.8
0.58
10.14 (±0.00E+00) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0)
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10.14 6.03E-10 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 17.3 15.3 0.3 1.4 15.3
0.68
10.82 (±3.09E-10) (±0.8) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.9) (±9.5) (±12.3) (±0.2) (±1.1) (±0.7)
10.82 1.22E-08 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.4 44.0 83.8 1.5 7.0 18.1
0.59
11.41 (±7.85E-09) (±0.6) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±3.3) (±3.8) (±16.6) (±0.3) (±1.4) (±0.2)
11.41 5.48E-09 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.0 52.1 86.8 1.4 6.4 18.4
1.44
12.85 (±3.58E-09) (±0.5) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.5) (±3.8) (±7.4) (±0.2) (±0.7) (±0.2)
12.85 9.75E-09 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.2 65.1 123.4 1.7 8.0 18.8
0.52
13.37 (±2.21E-09) (±0.8) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±2.5) (±4.5) (±12.7) (±0.1) (±0.7) (±0.2)
13.37 3.03E-08 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.6 74.4 171.4 2.2 10.2 19.0
0.51
13.88 (±9.34E-09) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.6) (±3.0) (±8.0) (±0.1) (±0.4) (±0.1)
13.88 2.97E-08 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.3 73.7 170.0 2.0 9.4 18.9
1.01
14.89 (±9.82E-09) (±0.6) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±2.5) (±3.1) (±12.7) (±0.1) (±0.5) (±0.1)
14.89 2.07E-08 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.7 70.3 151.7 1.7 7.7 18.7
0.65
15.54 (±6.22E-09) (±0.4) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.5) (±2.6) (±7.5) (±0.1) (±0.5) (±0.1)
15.54 9.57E-09 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.5 69.5 130.2 1.4 6.2 18.6
0.64
16.18 (±2.84E-09) (±0.7) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±1.9) (±5.4) (±9.5) (±0.1) (±0.4) (±0.2)
16.18 2.59E-08 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.9 78.3 172.8 1.7 7.7 18.8
1.11
17.29 (±1.85E-08) (±0.9) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±3.2) (±6.6) (±16.2) (±0.2) (±0.8) (±0.3)
17.29 1.53E-08 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.6 83.7 166.2 1.5 6.7 18.9
1.24
18.53 (±9.94E-09) (±1.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±0.0) (±3.4) (±8.8) (±17.2) (±0.1) (±0.7) (±0.3)
Depth values presented in this table are measured from free ground surface
Presented below is a list of formulas used for the estimation of various soil properties. The formulas are presented in SI unit system and assume
that all components are expressed in the same units.
:: Unit Weight, g (kN/m³) :: :: Small strain shear Modulus, Go (MPa) ::

 q 
G 0 = (q t − σ v ) ⋅ 0.0188 ⋅10 0.55⋅Ic +1.68
g = gw ⋅  0.27 ⋅ log(R f ) + 0.36 ⋅ log( t ) + 1.236 
 p a 
where gw = water unit weight :: Shear Wave Velocity, Vs (m/s) ::
0.50
:: Permeability, k (m/s) :: G 
Vs =  0 
I c < 3.27 and I c > 1.00 then k = 10 0.952-3.04 ⋅Ic  ρ 
I c ≤ 4.00 and I c > 3.27 then k = 10 -4.52-1.37⋅Ic :: Undrained peak shear strength, Su (kPa) ::
N kt = 10.50 + 7 ⋅ log(F r ) or user defined

:: NSPT (blows per 30 cm) :: (q t − σ v )
Su =
q  1 Nkt
N 60 =  c  ⋅ 1.1268 −0.2817⋅I
 Pa  10 c (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
1
N1(60 ) = Q tn ⋅ 1.1268 −0.2817⋅I :: Remolded undrained shear strength, Su(rem) (kPa) ::
10 c
S u(rem ) = fs (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9

:: Young's Modulus, Es (MPa) :: or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
(q t − σ v ) ⋅ 0.015 ⋅ 10 0.55⋅I c +1.68 :: Overconsolidation Ratio, OCR ::

(applicable only to Ic < Ic_cutoff) 1.25
 Q 0.20
tn

k OCR =   or user defined
:: Relative Density, Dr (%) ::  0.25 ⋅ (10.50 ⋅ +7 ⋅ log(F r )) 
OCR = k O C R ⋅ Q tn
Q tn (applicable only to SBTn: 5, 6, 7 and 8
100 ⋅ (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
k DR or Ic < Ic_cutoff)
:: State Parameter, ψ :: :: In situ Stress Ratio, Ko ::
ψ = 0.56 − 0.33 ⋅ log(Q tn, cs ) K O = (1 − sin ϕ ' ) ⋅ OCR sin ϕ '
(applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)

:: Drained Friction Angle, φ (°) ::
φ = φ'cv +15.94 ⋅ log(Q tn,cs ) − 26.88 :: Soil Sensitivity, St ::

(applicable only to SBTn: 5, 6, 7 and 8 or Ic < Ic_cutoff) NS
St =
Fr
:: 1-D constrained modulus, M (MPa) :: (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 or Ic > Ic_cutoff)
If Ic > 2.20
α = 14 for Qtn > 14 :: Peak Friction Angle, φ' (°) ::
α = Qtn for Qtn ≤ 14
MCPT = α·(qt − σv) φ ' = 29.5° ⋅ B 0.121
q ⋅ (0.256 + 0.336 ⋅ B q + logQ t )
(applicable for 0.10<Bq<1.00)
If Ic ≥ 2.20
MCPT =0.03 ⋅ (qt − σ v ) ⋅ 10 0.55⋅Ic +1.68
References
• Robertson, P.K., Cabal K.L., Guide to Cone Penetration Testing for Geotechnical Engineering, Gregg Drilling & Testing, Inc., 5th Edition, November
2012
• Robertson, P.K., Interpretation of Cone Penetration Tests - a unified approach., Can. Geotech. J. 46(11): 1337–1355 (2009)
• N Barounis, J Philpot, Estimation of in-situ water content, void ratio, dry unit weight and porosity using CPT for saturated sands, Proc. 20th NZGS
Geotechnical Symposium

APPENDIX C – Shear Strength Computations
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Geotechnical Investigation Service for Design of Sheet Pile Jetty
Eccles, East Bank Demerara
Interpretation of Geotechnical Information
Establishment of Soil Parameters
16.9
Borehole No. 1: Data Input for Automatic Hammer SPT Elevation = 16,9mGD Adjustment Factors Empirical Correlation
p'o
Depth of Hammer Total N reading Standard Unconfined Undrained Shear
Saturated Sampler Rod Effective
Elevation Borehole Borehole Dia. Energy for the last CN = (95.76/p'o Blow Count. Compressive Strength, Suo Avg Shear Strength
Unit Weight Correction Length Overburden η4 η3 η2 η1 N
(mGD) Sample (mm) Correction 300mm of the )
0.5 (N'70 Value) Strength qu (kPa) (UC) = 1/2 * qu within layer (KPa)
(kN/m3) for η3 (m)
(Er) pressure
(m) Split Barrel = 10 *
N'70 (kPa)
(kPa)
14.40 2.50 16.42 114 Without liner 2.50 80 1 16.6 1 1 0.75 1.14 1 2.41 2.06 20.62 10.31
11.90 5.00 SHELBY
11.20 5.70 16.86 114 Without liner 5.70 80 1 40.2 1 1 0.85 1.14 1 1.54 1.50 14.99 7.49
9.40 7.50 16.86 114 Without liner 7.5 80 1 53.0 1 1 1 1.14 1.00 1.34 1.53 15.33 7.67 32.91
6.90 10.00 SHELBY
6.20 10.70 15.23 114 Without liner 10.70 80 2 58.1 1 1 1 1.14 2 1.28 2.93 29.34 14.67
4.40 12.50 15.23 114 Without liner 12.50 80 15 67.9 1 1 1 1.14 15 1.19 20.36 203.62 101.81
1.90 15.00 SHELBY
1.20 15.70 18.00 114 Without liner 15.70 80 18 128.7 1 1 1 1.14 18 0.86 17.74 177.42 88.71 86.37
-0.60 17.50 18.00 114 Without liner 17.50 80 18 143.5 1 1 1 1.14 18 0.82 16.80 168.05 84.02
-3.10 20.00 SHELBY
-3.70 20.60 18.00 114 Without liner 20.60 80 31 168.9 1 1 1 1.14 31 0.75 26.68 266.75 133.38
143.88
-5.60 22.50 SHELBY
-6.20 23.10 18.00 114 Without liner 23.10 80 38 189.4 1 1 1 1.14 38 0.71 30.88 308.78 154.39
16.9
17.1
p'o
(mGD) Sample (mm) Correction 300mm of the )0.5 (N'70 Value) Strength qu (kPa) (UC) = 1/2 * qu within layer (KPa)
(kN/m3) for η3 (m)
(Er) pressure
(m) Split Barrel = 10 *
N'70 (kPa)
(kPa)
14.60 2.50 16.42 114 Without liner 2.50 80 1 16.6 1 1 0.75 1.14 1 2.41 2.06 20.62 10.31
12.10 5.00 SHELBY
11.40 5.70 16.86 114 Without liner 5.70 80 1 40.2 1 1 0.85 1.14 1 1.54 1.50 14.99 7.49
9.60 7.50 16.86 114 Without liner 7.50 80 1 53.0 1 1 0.95 1.14 1 1.34 1.46 14.60 7.30 7.38
7.10 10.00 SHELBY
6.40 10.70 15.23 114 Without liner 10.70 80 1 58.1 1 1 1 1.14 1 1.28 1.47 14.67 7.34
4.60 12.50 15.23 114 Without liner 12.50 80 18 67.9 1 1 1 1.14 18 1.19 24.43 244.34 122.17
2.10 15.00 SHELBY
98.30
1.40 15.70 18.00 114 Without liner 15.70 80 18 128.7 1 1 1 1.14 18 0.86 17.74 177.42 88.71
-0.40 17.50 18.00 114 Without liner 17.50 80 18 143.5 1 1 1 1.14 18 0.82 16.80 168.05 84.02
-2.90 20.00 SHELBY
-3.50 20.60 18.00 114 Without liner 20.60 80 27 168.9 1 1 1 1.14 27 0.75 23.23 232.33 116.17
121.75
-5.50 22.60 18.00 114 Without liner 22.60 80 31 185.3 1 1 1 1.14 31 0.72 25.47 254.67 127.34
-6.33 23.43 SHELBY
16.9
17.6
p'o
(mGD) Sample (mm) Correction 300mm of the )0.5 (N'70 Value) Strength qu (kPa) (UC) = 1/2 * qu within layer (KPa)
(kN/m3) for η3 (m)
(Er) pressure
(m) Split Barrel = 10 * N' 70 (kPa)
(kPa)
15.10 2.50 16.42 114 Without liner 2.50 80 1 16.6 1 1 0.75 1.14 1 2.41 2.06 20.62 10.31
12.60 5.00 SHELBY
8.39
12.00 5.60 16.86 114 Without liner 5.60 80 1 39.5 1 1 0.85 1.14 1 1.56 1.51 15.12 7.56
10.10 7.50 16.86 114 Without liner 7.50 80 1 53.0 1 1 0.95 1.14 1 1.34 1.46 14.60 7.30
7.60 10.00 SHELBY
7.00 10.60 15.23 114 Without liner 10.60 80 10 57.6 1 1 1 1.14 10 1.29 14.74 147.41 73.71 84.36
5.10 12.50 15.23 114 Without liner 12.50 80 14 67.9 1 1 1 1.14 14 1.19 19.00 190.05 95.02
2.60 15.00 SHELBY
2.00 15.60 18.00 114 Without liner 15.60 80 20 127.9 1 1 1 1.14 20 0.87 19.78 197.76 98.88 114.79
0.10 17.50 18.00 114 Without liner 17.50 80 28 143.5 1 1 1 1.14 28 0.82 26.14 261.41 130.70

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GUYANA SHORE BASE INCORPORATED

DRAFT GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

1.1 Local Geological Conditions

1.2 Location of Boreholes

Figure 1: Site location of the site with borehole locations

1.3 Scope of Sub-surface Investigation

2.0 GENERAL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

2.1 SPT Operation

SPTs were recorded at approximately 1.5m intervals

2.2 CPT Operation

push force of 20 tons for the

Attached to the cone is the friction sleeve. The total force

3.2 CPT Soil Profiling

3.3 Shear Strength Profile

Figure 5: Shear Strength profile of the subsurface soil

APPENDIX A – Boring Logs

APPENDIX B - CPeT-IT Data Interpretation

CPeT-IT v.3.5.4.9 - CPTU data presentation & interpretation software 4

Normalized Cone Resistance, Qtn

Normalized Cone Resistance, Qtn

11 11 Clay & silty clay 11 Clay & silty clay

15 15 Clay & silty clay 15

Description: Sand & silty sand

Basic results Estimation results

CPeT-IT v.3.5.4.9 - CPTU data presentation & interpretation software 13

.:: Layer No: 2 ::.

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 3 ::.

Description: Organic soil

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 4 ::.

Description: Organic soil

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 5 ::.

Description: Organic soil

Basic results Estimation results

CPeT-IT v.3.5.4.9 - CPTU data presentation & interpretation software 14

.:: Layer No: 6 ::.

Description: Organic soil

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 7 ::.

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 8 ::.

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 9 ::.

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 10 ::.

Description: Clay & silty clay

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 11 ::.

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 12 ::.

Description: Clay & silty clay

Basic results Estimation results

.:: Layer No: 13 ::.

Description: Clay & silty clay

Basic results Estimation results

CPeT-IT v.3.5.4.9 - CPTU data presentation & interpretation software 16

:: Unit Weight, g (kN/m³) :: :: Small strain shear Modulus, Go (MPa) ::

N kt = 10.50 + 7 ⋅ log(F r ) or user defined

S u(rem ) = fs (applicable only to SBTn: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9

(q t − σ v ) ⋅ 0.015 ⋅ 10 0.55⋅I c +1.68 :: Overconsolidation Ratio, OCR ::

:: State Parameter, ψ :: :: In situ Stress Ratio, Ko ::

ψ = 0.56 − 0.33 ⋅ log(Q tn, cs ) K O = (1 − sin ϕ ' ) ⋅ OCR sin ϕ '