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4 Apri, 2007 | By Geoff Warren
‘TECHNICAL NOTE
Geoff Warren examines the equivalence of super heavy dynamic probe (DPSH) and SPT blow count data.
Parameter determination from dynamic probe data has long been an uncertain and debatable subject within the
{geotechnical community. On a recent project a super heavy dynamic probe (DPSH) was used to obtain data in
{granular material, chalk and clay. The critical aspect is the conversion of DPSH data (blow count n) to standard