Angle of Friction Correlations

For Sands

For Clays
 Undrained Shear Strength
𝑐𝑢 = 𝑓1 𝑁60 (𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑, 1975)
where
f1 is a factor depending on the plasticity index
N60 is the SPT-N value without effective stress correction
 Modulus of Volume Compressibility
1
𝑚𝑣 = (𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑, 1975)
𝑓2 𝑁60
where
f2 is a factor depending on the plasticity index
N60 is the SPT-N value without effective stress correction

Compression Index
𝐶𝑐 = 0.009(𝑤𝐿 − 10) (𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑧𝑎𝑔ℎ𝑖&𝑃𝑒𝑐𝑘, 1967)
where
wL is liquid limit of the clay