9330 ARETE CCE, ARATE, CRBPUPE 9D, 2089 Where, Number of soil layers in upper 30 m 4, = Thickness of layer Va; = Shear wave velocity of layer i 1, = Field (uncorrected) Standard Penetration Value for layer ke = Number of cohesive soil layers in upper 30 m dg, = Thickness of cohesive layer i su: = Undrained shear strength of cohesive layer { The site profile up to a depth of 30 mis divided into n number of distinct soil or rock layers. Where some of the layers are cohesive, kis the number of cohesive layers. Hence". d; = 30m, while Yk; de; < 30 mf k 800 ~ 7 geological formation, including at most § m of weaker material at the surface. SB Deposits of very dense 360 - 800 >50 > 250 sand, gravel, or very stiff clay, atleast several tens of metres in thickness, characterised by a gradual increase of, mechanical properties with depth,ARATCRM CCD, OFSTS, CREA 99, 2029 opa> Site Deserpton ofsoll ‘Average Soll Properties tn top 30 meters Caer protilemp en 30 Shearwave SPTValue,N Undratned shear meters depth velocity, 7, (m/s) (blows/30cm) strength, 5, (ePa) SC Deep deposits ofdense 180-360 15-50 70-250 ‘or medium dense sand, gravel or stiffclay with thickness from several tens to many hundreds of metres, SD Deposits of loose-to- <180 <15 <70 medium cohesionless soil (with or without some soft cohesive layers), or of predominantly soft-to- firm cohesive soil SE _Asoil profile consisting - - - ofa surface alluvium layer with V. values of type SC or SD and thickness varying between about S mand 20 m, underlain by stiffer material with Vs > 800 m/s. Si Deposits consisting, or < 100 - 10-20 containing a layer at (indicative) least 10 m thick, of soft clays/silts with a high plasticity index (PI> 40) and high water content Sz Deposits of liquefiable - - - soils, of sensitive clays, or any other soil profile not included in types SA to SEorSi