The relationship between the moisture content the dry density and the strength of soils

Τίτλος

The relationship between the moisture content the dry density and the strength of soils

Θέμα

Shear strength of soils

Moisture

Δημιουργός

Kouma, Eleni,

Christodouloy, Chr.

Πηγή

Higher Technical Institute

Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.

Εκδότης

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Ημερομηνία

1995

Δικαιώματα

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.

Μορφή

pdf

Γλώσσα

eng

Τύπος

text

Αναγνωριστικό

CED0262

Σύνοψη

This project was undertaken, in order to determine the relationship between the moisture content, the dry density and the strength of soils.
To achieve that the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test was carried out.
For the experimental study a cohesion less soil was used.
The project is divided into four chapters:
The first Chapter gives an account on the mechanical stabilization of soils and deals with flexible pavements, materials used in construction and properties.
The second includes test methods by which the bearing capacity or strength of soils is determined.
The third chapter deals mainly with the CBR test and gives its relation to other tests.
Finally, the last one is an experimental study in order to examine the influence of dry density and moisture content of a soil on its strength.
The conclusions are that when the water content is increased, the CBR is decreased and when the dry density is increased the CBR is increased too.