Compressibility of Soils
Compressibility of Soils
Gravels, sands and silts are incompressible, i.e., if a moist mass of these materials is subjected to compression, they suffer no significant...
Foundations in Black Cotton Soils
Foundations in Black Cotton Soils:
The following methods are generally adopted to meet the characteristics of foundations in black cotton soils,
(1) Foundation loads are limited...
Resiliency of Soils
Resiliency of Soils
Resiliency of a body is regarded as the extreme limit to which it can repeatedly be strained without fracture or permanent change...
Cohesion of Soils
Cohesion of Soils
Cohesion of soils is the internal molecular attraction which resists the rupture or shear of a material. Cohesion is derived in fine...
Internal Friction of Soils
Internal Friction of Soils
Internal friction of soils is due to the resistance of grains to sliding over each other and is the characteristic of...
Liquid Limit of Soil
Liquid Limit of Soil
Liquid Limit is the minimum amount of water required to be added to a soil, expressed as a percentage of the...
Plasticity Index of Soil
Plasticity Index of Soil (PI)
It is the numerical difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit of a soil and indicates the magnitude...
Plastic Limit of Soil
Plastic Limit of Soil
The plastic limit signifies the percentage of moisture at which the soil changes, with decreasing wetness, from a plastic to a...
Specific Gravity of Soil
Specific Gravity of Soil
The specific gravity of soil particles is defined as the ratio of their density to that of water. The specific gravity...
Shear Box Test of Soils – Procedure
Shear Box Test of Soils - Procedure
In the shear box test, failure is caused in a pre-determined plane of the soil, the shear strength...