This may be more of a question for the lab guys, but we were discussing how to properly quantify the organic content in silts and clays. Per ASTM D2487-06, the sample must have a second oven dried sample for testing of the Atterberg Limits. My question is, if you oven-dry the second sample at...
I'm running some tests and coming up with a negative liquidity index on several samples. The problem is, I'm not sure how a negative liquidity index will affect the soil and even less sure about what impact this will have on the footing design. I have been doing some research and not finding a...
The problem is I am a new graduate and the other problem is a new structure is going to be placed on a site with a Class D seismic site classification. After running through the ASCE 7 classification, using data from our soil boring and SPT testing, it is a Class D and therefore would incur...
