One of the advanced techniques in Soil Investigation is Electric Cone Penetration Test (ECPT). It is a widely used geotechnical investigatio...

Water Content of soil is the quantity of soil contained in a sample of soil. Generally this is expressed in ratio. Here : s-soil (dry),...

     The peak dry unit weight is called the "maximum dry density” and the Optimum Water Content, is the water content at the soil’s max...

DEFINITION       Free Swell Index is the increase in volume of a soil, without any external constraints,on submergence in water It ...

  Water Content of soil is the quantity of soil contained in a sample of soil. Generally this is expressed in ratio. Here : s-soil (dry...

        This test method sets out the procedure for the determination for the insitu dry density of compacted soils, gravels and crushed roc...

AIM To determine the in-situ dry density of soil by core cutter method as per IS: 2720 (Part XXIX) - 1975. APPARATUS i...

Plastic limit is the water content below which the soil stops behaving as a plastic material.The plastic limit is determined by rolling a pa...

The lowest water content at which the soil is in a liquid state is called the liquid limit.At liquid limit, the clay is practically like a l...

     The direct shear test used for soil (Powers 1968) can be performed with fresh concrete to assess the cohesive strength of a concrete ...

       Permeability of concrete is important when dealing with durability of concrete particularly in concrete used for water retaining stru...