Once for an Unsaturated CL-ML soil the lab reported only elastic settlement and consolidation settlement as 0; I have asked the reason, The lab clarified that Consolidation means expulsion of water from a saturated soil sample due to an increased load and since the soil is not saturated there is...
First of all thanks for you time and comments on this issue.
As I stated earlier in our area the soils at foundation level and well below that are mostly found in an unsaturated state (I think the saturation is significantly below 70%) termed as the Vadose Zone, saturated soils are rarely...
[pre]Hi Dears.
In our Region most of the soils encountered at foundation levels are Unsaturated Clay and silts (CL, CL-ML, GC) The ground water table is usually (10 - 40+ meter) below the foundation level, So if the soil is not saturated can I assume that there is no consolidation settlement of...
@ BigH, There is a report of a Parallel T-line around 300M from the current route, it shows that the soil is Over-consolidated, they have carried out Direct Shear tests in CD mode, the C value is around 3-5 KPA, and PHI around 20-30deg.
The allowable tolerance for differential settlement is...
@GeoEnvGuy,
The soil is in Stiff to Hard Condition (SPTN 10-Above 32)Not sure if Turning Vanes will be possible, Tri-Axil tests not available in our area, How this could help in justifying the drained failure mode?
@Oldestguy, Thank you,
Our project route has been designed for a wind speed of ~100 km/h, normally there will be Wind speed around ~30-35 Km/h once or twice per week, You mean if any time during the project's life time, it may suffer from the max wind (100KPH) and the foundation bed will be...
Hi, I am working for a Transmission line Project (Civil Part), Our project Route traverses mainly through a soil of CL-ML type (fine grained soil), The ground water level at site is mainly 10-30 meter below the intended foundation depth (3.75 m), the soil at foundation level is expected to...
