What is effective stress in soil?
Effective stress is the main parameter that helps understand soil engineering phenomena. Although effective stress is hypothetical, and there is no instrument to measure this directly, it is still most
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering is a branch of civil engineering, which deals with the engineering properties of soil. Geotechnical Engineers have to understand the situation and physical condition of the soil and based on that they have to judge the strength of the soil. So that, structural engineers can build the structure over it safely, Highway engineer can build safe roads over it.
In a nutshell “The process of understanding and working with soil and rock, underground water, site and structural conditions, concerning a construction project, is known as geotechnical engineering.”
Deep foundation | Types and requirement
As you know the human population is increasing day by day. Hence we need home, for which the land requirement is increasing. Hence finally we have to use that portion
What is so quick in quicksand?
You often come across the phrase quicksand while reading the geotechnical engineering. And you might have been thinking, what is so quick in quicksand? So let’s discuss what quicksand is
What makes you walk in the sand near the seashore?
You may have tried to walk in the sand, but it is challenging. But the same sand near sea shore is hard enough to run even a truck. In general
Index Properties of soil
Soil varies from place to place and hence its properties also. It is really impossible to test all type of soil for evaluation of engineering properties of soil as it
Stability analysis of finite and infinite slope
Slope as show in the Fig 1 may be artificial or natural. Some examples of slopes are cutting, embankment of highways, hillside, valley etc. In all the cases soil want
What are the soil classifications?
Soil classifications is a very important part of engineering. The main aim of this is to divide the broad category of soil into a small subcategory. Soil classification also helps
What is soil structure and What are its types?
Soil structure is a geometrical arrangement of particles in a soil mass. The behavior of soil depends on it. Important types of soil structures The type of soil structure depends
Stages of construction of pile foundation for the bridge
You know the purpose of foundation is to transfer the load into the soil. Foundations do that work for us. But when the soil below the building does not posses
Seepage flow
Before discussing seepage here in this article we have already discussed about seepage in Permeability of soil and its measurement and also in seepage force. But the difference between the