The following list includes the most important references used in development of NovoSPT software:
 

1- Foundation analysis and design (5th edition)

Joseph E. Bowles

2- Reliability of shallow foundation design using the standard penetration test

D.P. Zekkos, J.D. Bray, A. Der kiureghian

3- A short course in foundation engineering

N.E. Simons, Bruce keith Menzies

4- Empirical correlation between penetration resistance and internal friction angle of sandy soils

Munenori Hatanaka, Akihiko Uchida

5- Correlations of soil properties

Michael Carter, Stephen P. Bently

6- Analysis of spread footing foundations as a highway bridge alternative

Jill L. Meranda, Teruhisa Masada, Dennis Irwin, November 2005

7- Correlation of SPT to strength and modulus of elasticity of cohesive soils

L. Behpoor, A. Ghahramani

8- Piling Engineering

Ken Fleming, Austin Weltman, Keith Elson, Mark Randolph

9- Subsurface Investigation and Interpretation of Test Results for Foundation Design in Soft Clay

Gue See Sew, Tan Yean Chin

10- Foundation Design Codes and Soil Investigation in View of International Harmonization and Performance Based Design

Y. Honjo

11- Geotechnical engineering

V. N. S. Murthy

12- Analysis of Bearing Capacity-Driven Pile

Syaiful Ashari

13- Correlations between shear wave velocity and in-situ penetration test results

Recep Iyisan

14- Pile foundations in engineering practice

Shamsher Prakash, Hari D. Sharma

15- BPT-SPT correlations for evaluation of liquefaction resistance in gravely soils

Alex Sy, R.G. Campanella, Raymond A. Stewart

16- Earthquake Engineering: Proceedings of the 11th European conference, Paris, France

P. Bisch

17- Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual

4th Edition, 2006

18- Energy measurements and correlations of the standard penetration test (SPT) and the Becker penetration test (BPT)

Alexander Sy, University of British Columbia (UBC), October 1993

19- Relating Ka and Ks to SPT blow count and to CPT tip resistance for use in evaluating liquefaction potential

I.M. Idriss, R.W. Boulanger

20- Correlation between penetration resistance and relative density of sandy soils

M. Cubrinovski, K. Ishihara

21- Foundation engineering (2nd edition, 1974)

Peck, Hanson, Thornburn

22- Manual on estimating soil properties for foundation design

F.H. Kulhawy and P.W. Mayne, Cornell university, Ithaca, New York, 1990

23- Geotechnical engineering

S.J. Spigolon

24- Soft ground improvement

D. T. Bergado

25- Theory and practice of foundation design

N. N. Som, S. C. Das

26- A Portable Dynamic Penetrometer for Geotechnical Investigations

J. Fred Triggs, Paul D. Simpson

27- Soil mechanics in engineering practice

Karl Terzaghi, Ralph B. Peck, Gholamreza Mesri

28- A few comments on pile design

Yves Robert

29- Evaluation of modulus of subgrade reaction (Ks) in gravely soils based on standard penetration test (SPT)

R. Ziaie Moayed, S.A. Naeini

30- Use of SPT Blow Counts to Estimate Shear Strength Properties of Soils: Energy Balance Approach

Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Timothy Brown

31- Statistical correlations between seismic wave velocities and SPT blow counts and the relative density of soils

Emin U. Ulugergerli, Osman Uyanik

32- Mathematical Correlations Between The Effective Diameter Of Soil And Other Properties

Muayed M. Ismail

33- Engineering correlations for soils in Taipei

Z.Z Moh, C.T Chin, C.J Lin and S.M Woo

34- Geotechnical Engineering

Renato Lancellotta

35- Dynamic Properties of Fine Grained Soils in South of Tehran

Mohammad Kazem Jafari, Ali Shafiee, and Arash Razmkhah

36- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN S-WAVE VELOCITIES AND GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS

Tomio INAZAKI, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, JAPAN

37- Site response analyses based on site specific soil properties using geotechnical and geophysical tests

Anbazhagan P, Sitharam T.G, Divya C

38- Foundation Engineering Handbook

Hsai-Yang Fang

39- ارزيابي كاربرد آزمايش نفوذ استاندارد درمسائل استاتيكي در مهندسي ژئوتكنيك

Nader Hatef, Amin Keshavarz

40- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Lkuo Towhata

41- Foundation Engineering

P.C. Varghese

42- Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

Kyriazis D. Pitilakis

43- Mapping of average shear wave velocity for Bangalore region : a case study

Anbazhagan, Sitharam

44- Piling Engineering (3rd edition)

Ken Fleming, Austin Weltman, Mark Randolph and Keith Elson

45- Assessment of Shear Strength for Design Purposes

Thomas L. Brandon, Massimiliano Rolandi

46- The foundation Engineering Handbook

Manjriker Gunarantne

47- In-situ Testing in Geotechnics: The main tests

Fernando Schnaid

48- NEHRP guidelines for the seismic rehabilitation of buildings

Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA 273, October 1997

49- Correlación entre el Valor N del Ensayo de Penetración Estándar y Velocidad de Ondas de Corte para Arcillas en Bogotá - Colombia

Andrés José Alfaro Castillo, June 2007

50- Seismic Microzonation of Bangalore

Anbazhagan P, Sitharam T.G, Divya C

51- A comparison of pile performance base on static formulas and dynamic load test

Muhd Harris BIN Ramli (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

52- Research report: standard penetration test (SPT) correction

M. Sherif Aggour, W. Rose Radding

53-NCEER Workshop Report (1997)

54- Engineering and Design: Bearing Capacity of Soils

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

55- Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 5 (Evaluation of Soil and Rock Properties)

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

56- Experience of Suspension P-S Logging Method and Empirical Formula of Shear Wave Velocities in Taiwan

Ming-Hung Chen, Kuo-Liang Wen, Chin-Hsiung Loh, Robert L. Nigbor

57- Statistical correlations of shear wave velocity and penetration resistance for soils

Unal Dikmen (Earthquake Research Center, Ankara University, Turkey)

58- The relation of shear wave velocity and SPT for soils in Iran (11th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering Paris, France)

Baziar, M., Fallah, H., Razeghi, H. R. and Khorasani, M. M.

59- Relationship between the standard penetration test and the pressuremeter test on sandy silty clays (a case study from Denizli, Turkey)

S. Yagiz, E. Akyol, G. Sen

60- Correlation of standard penetration test and pressuremeter data (a case study from Istanbul, Turkey)

I. Bozbey, E. Togrol

61- Pressuremeter method for foundation design in Hong Kong

Y.C. Chiang, Y.M. Ho