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A Introduction D Stresses in soil

i Types of stresses
i Soil phases
 Geostatic stress
ii Properties of rocks
 Induced stress
iii Origin of soil
 Vertical stress
 Organic/inorganic
(1) Organic soil  Horizontal stress
(2) Properties of organic soil E Settlements
(3) Inorganic soil i Influence factors for vertical
Deposition method displacement under flexible area
iv Index properties of soil ii Consolidation
 Range of particle sizes and  One dimensional consolidation
distribution of sizes (1) Assumption for one-
 Atterberg’s limits dimension consolidation
(1) Shrinkage limit
(2) Oedometer test
(2) Plastic limit
(3) Compressibility
(3) Liquid limit
characteristics
 Plasticity index
 Compressibility
 Consistency
coefficient of volume
 Vane shear test
 Compression index
 Relation between unconfined
compression test and shear
 Consolidation settlement
strength (1) Skempton Bjerrum method
 Thixotropy F Shear strength
 Presence & type of clay i Effects of compression
 Activity  Volume change
 Swell potential  Plastic flow
 Liquidity index  Shear failure
ii Types of shear strength
B Composition & Physical  Internal friction
properties  Cohesion
i Volume of voids iii Coulumbs’s equation: failure
ii Moisture content theory
iii Void ratio iv Shear tests
iv Degree of saturation  Shear box (direct shear) test
v Porosity  Unconfined compression test
C Soil compaction  Vane shear test
i Method to find out soil density  Internal compression test
 Sand cone method v Mohs’s circle
ii Specification of field compaction
iii Factors affecting compaction

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G Clay minerals
i Shapes
 Silicon-oxygen tetrahedron
 Aluminium-magnesium
octahedron
ii Three layer minerals
 illite
 Montmorillonite
 Vermicite
 Table: Clay mineral-specific
surface-cation exchange
H Soil classification systems
i Classification conditions (3)
ii Triangular classification soil
iii Classification table
iv Field identification
 Particle size
 Amount of fines
 Consistency
 Dry strength
 Penetration resistance
 Structure of soil
I Water in soil
i Ground water investigation

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