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Working backwards from blow counts/m in driven piles to derive soil properties

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marky4

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Hi all. I am wondering if one can work backwards using results from no. of blows/m in driven piles to derive soil properties and if so how does one go about it?
 
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No. Not worth the effort and not accurate in any sense.
 
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Thanks Ron, appreciate it!
 
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