Monday 18 March 2013

SBC from SPT

Here is a small User Defined Function (UDF) to quicly calculate safe bearing capacity from SPT Value. 


Formula used: Bowles Book (5th Edition) - Section 4-10

UDFs have no tooltips but there is a workaround to display tooltip-like hints while using the formula.
  • First import the sbtsbc.bas (In VBA window, CTRL+M to import .bas file)
  • Start typing the UDF: =sbtsbc(then press CTRL+SHIFT+A)  and your function parameter will be displayed
Parameters for input are:
Er - Energy efficiency of the SPT Hammer (55% or 70%)
B - Width of the footing (m)
N - Fild SPT N value (blows per 300mm)
D - Depth of footing (m)

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