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Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

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St<strong>and</strong>ard penetration resistance N, blows/300 mm<br />

0<br />

10<br />

20<br />

30<br />

40<br />

50<br />

60<br />

Very loose<br />

Loose<br />

Medium dense Dense Very dense<br />

70<br />

28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44<br />

Angle of shearing resistance f, degrees<br />

Figure 4.10 Relationship between st<strong>and</strong>ard penetration test N-values <strong>and</strong> angle of shearing resistance<br />

(after Peck et al. (4.18) ).<br />

Vertical effective stress s� vo (KN/m 2 )<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

Cone resistance, qc (MN/m2 )<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60<br />

�� =46°<br />

44°<br />

42°<br />

32° 34° 36° 38° 40°<br />

Figure 4.11 Relationship between angle of shearing resistance <strong>and</strong> cone resistance for an<br />

uncemented, normally consolidated quartz s<strong>and</strong> (after Durgonoglu <strong>and</strong> Mitchell (4.19) ).

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