Any one could offer a good explanation of the following, thanks.
1) Why the void ratio of fine grained soil is higher?
2) Why the void ratio of clay is highest? (by comparing with sand, gravel, silty sand)
Thanks
may I know should a frame be designed for total earthquake load that is acting at each floor? if no, how should the total earthquake load be allocated to each frame? Thanks for responding
in the direct shear box test, there are two steel plates (top and bottom) that sandwich the sample. one side of the steel plate is smooth but the other side has a undulated profile that is in contact with the soil sample. I watch a video which say that when placing the steel plate, the direction...