Tag: Soils
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...
North Dakota Cone Test
North Dakota Cone Test
North Dakota Cone Test is a cone penetration test similar to the California Bearing Ratio (C.B.R.) test developed by the North...
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Test on Soils
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Test on Soils
California Bearing Ratio (C.B.R.) Test which is an ad hoc penetration test developed by the California State Highways...
Vane Test Procedure – Shear Strength of Soils
Vane Test Procedure - Shear Strength of Soils
The Vane test is a field shear test for clays in which a vane consisting of two...
Unconfined Compression Test of Soils Procedure
Unconfined Compression Test of Soils Procedure
Unconfined Compression Test is similar to a compression test performed on concrete cylinders and is made by applying an...
Triaxial Compression Test of Soils Procedure
Triaxial Compression Test of Soils Procedure
Triaxial Compression test is used where more precise values of the cohesion and angle of internal friction of a...
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...
Density of Soils
Density of Soils
The density or true weight of a soil is equal to the specific gravity of the solid materials x 1000 (weight or...
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...
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...