Top 19 Key Difference between Clay soil and Sandy soil
Top 19 Key Difference between Clay soil and Sandy soil
Soil Mechanics
Mastering Spread Footing Foundations: 5 Steps for Best Design
Mastering Spread Footing Foundations: 5 Steps for Best Design
How to calculate degree of saturation?
The degree of saturation is defined as the ratio of the volume of water in the soil to the volume of voids. It is denoted by ‘S’. Where, S = …
What is Weep Hole? Weep holes in retaining wall detail
What is a weep hole? Weep holes are small openings in the RCC wall or retaining wall to prevent the wall from accumulating pore water pressure. It is provided generally …
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Top Soil Mechanics Short Question Answer
All important soil mechanics short questions and answers are summarized below. Q.1) How Soil is Formed? Soil is formed by either, (i) physical disintegration or (ii) chemical decomposition of rocks …
Mohr circle for stress | Use, Diagram, Derivation, Solved Problem
What is Mohr’s circle? Otto Mohr’s a German physicist gave a graphical solution for the determination of the normal and shear stresses on the given inclined plane as explained under. …
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Boussinesq Equation and Westergaard’s Equation for point load in soil
Application of Boussinesq Equation and Westergaard’s Equation Boussinesq Equation and Westergaard’s Equation are used to analyze the verticle stress on the soil with respect to the depth of the soil …
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