Use of the SPT test in clayey soils
The SPT test is to be avoided within the clayey soils under a water table. A possible explanation of this warning is that most of the driving energy of sampler is absorbed by the water table which leads to a higher number of blow counts. Is it correct to use the number of blow counted within a clayey material saturated by capillarity ?
Soil Mechanics / Geotechnical
Geotechnical Investigations & In-Situ Testing
Analysis
