Abstract: The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) is a conventional insitu geotechnical investigation method and the general relationship between the SPT N value and the compression modulus Es is available. The alluvial soils from the Yellow River Delta have the similar engineering properties due to their sedimentary environment. It is necessary to examine the relationship between the SPT N value and the compression modulus based on the regression analysis on the clayey, sandy and silty soils from the Yellow River Delta in Shandong Province. The results indicate that, better relationships exist in the clayey and sandy soils. But for the silty soils, due to disturbance on the samples, good relationship could not be obtained. Therefore, it is suggested that the existing general correlations between the SPT N values and the compression modulus for silty soils should be used without correction.

Key words: Standard Penetration Test, Alluvial Delta of Yellow River; , Compression Modulus, Correlations