Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Nature of soil: basic definitions, 3 phase relations, water content influence on Atterberg limits, Various
indices, soil classification – USCs, ISI and engineering use chart
Individual particles: size and shape structure of clay, normal and shear stress acting
Dry soil- stress-strain behavior, Geo-static stresses, stresses due to various geometric shape of loading-
Bossissenq, Westergaard, Newmark and approximate method
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a) Fill in the blanks: The value of void ration can be more than --------
What is the maximum value of degree of saturation
Soils transported by wind are known as --------
The ratio of unconfined compressive strength of an undisturbed soil sample
to that of a remolded soil sample at same water content is known as ---------