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Geotechnical engineering, written down.

Worked examples, standards explained plainly, and the reasoning behind what the software does — with interactive charts you can read values off.

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  • Field practice
  • Laboratory
Borelog sheet showing SPT blow counts and the N-value profile against depth
Field practice 6 min read

SPT N-value corrections: N60 and N1(60) explained

What each SPT correction factor does, when it applies, and a worked example taking a field blow count of 18 through energy, borehole, rod, sampler and overburden corrections to N1(60).

RM Ripon Chandra Malo
Casagrande plasticity chart with the A-line and plotted laboratory samples
Laboratory 4 min read

Reading the plasticity chart: how USCS symbols are decided

How Atterberg limits become a USCS group symbol — the A-line, the U-line, the CL-ML band, and the checks that catch a misclassified sample before it reaches the borehole log.

RM Ripon Chandra Malo

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The software behind the writing.

Everything discussed here is what GeoEQ SPT Logs does with your field data — free for Windows.