Geotechnical Engineering

DHARM N-GEO\OBJ.PM5 900 900 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (a) Mass-spring-dashpot model (b) Elastic half-space theory Spring constan ...

A NOTE ON S.I. UNITS S.I. is the abbreviation by which the System Internationale d’Unités (International System of Units) is kno ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 902 902 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING The base and other units of the S.I. System are tabulated below: Quant ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 903 APPENDICES 903 S.No. Quantity MKS Unit SI Unit Abbreviation Conversion factor 1. Mass Density kg(m) ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 904 904 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING General Rules and Conventions Symbols Full names of units, even when ...

NOTATION A : Activity of clay (Ch. 3) Area of cross-section (Ch. 3) Pore pressure parameter (Ch. 8) Area of tyre contact (Ch. 17 ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 906 906 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING av : Coefficient of compressibility (Ch. 7) B : Skempton’s pore pressu ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 907 APPENDICES 907 Cv : Coefficient of consolidation (Ch. 7) Volume compressibility of water (Ch. 8) Cw ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 908 908 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Diameter of central vane rod (Ch. 18) Normal scour depth (Ch. 19) d′ : ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 909 APPENDICES 909 ()GwT 2 : (Ch. 2) GGTT 12 , : Specific gravity of soil solids at temperature T 10 an ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 910 910 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING K : Constant as specified (Ch. 3) Specific or absolute permeability (C ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 911 APPENDICES 911 Mf : Mass of foundation (Ch. 20) Mo : Monent of force (Ch. 14) Mr : Moment of resist ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 912 912 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Pah,Pav : Horizontal and vertical components of active earth thrust (C ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 913 APPENDICES 913 qns : Net safe bearing capacity (Ch. 14) R : Shrinkage ratio (Ch. 3) Reynold’s numbe ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 914 914 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING s : Shear strength (Ch. 8) Elastic settlement (Ch. 14) Penetration (se ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 915 APPENDICES 915 Vv : Volume of voids (Ch. 2) Vw : Volume of water in the voids (Ch. 2) V 1 ,V 2 : Ve ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 916 916 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING wp : Plastic limit (PL) wr : Water content obtained by rapid moisture ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 917 APPENDICES 917 ∆σ : Increment of effective stress (Ch. 11) δ : Angle (Ch. 9) Angle of wall friction ...

DHARM N-GEO\APPENDIX.PM5 918 918 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING σl : Conjugate lateral stresses (Ch. 5) σv : Vertical stress (Ch. 5) σ ...

919 Abbet 577 Alam Singh 432, 538, 716 Allen Hazen 57, 130 Alpan 455, 539 Atterberg 2, 59 Balla 569 Balwant Rao 790 Banerjee 790 ...