Flooding Method to Battle Foundation Settlement in Collapsible Soil

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Dear reader throughout last few posts we were discussing about collapsible soil. Collapsible soil is a problematic soil and foundation se...

Long-Term Foundation Settlement in Cohesionless Soil

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C ohesionless soil s  are a nonplastic soil like gravels and sands. Some silts are also nonplastic when there have little or no clay cont...

Constraints in Concrete Repair Work

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Dear reader in last post we have discussed about structural safety issues in concrete repair work; we will learn here about constraints a...
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Structural Safety of Concrete Repair

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Dear reader, concrete repair is specialized job and should be performed carefully by professional repair person with supervision and mon...

Evaluation of Present Condition of Concrete to be Repaired

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Dear reader we have discussed many posts about repair of concrete ; here we will learn about evaluation methods to have idea about present...

Which to Deal Cause or Symptom for Concrete Repair?

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A basic realization of cause underlying deficiencies in concrete is essential for proper evaluation of meaningful repair. If we can deter...
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Factors Controlling Performance of Concrete against Fire

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Dear reader we have learnt that concrete is safer than other construction material in respect of fire. Here our concern is that to learn ...

Why does Concrete Building Inherently Offer Fire Safety?

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Dear reader in our previous post we have discussed about superiority of concrete over other construction material; here we also learn this...
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Relation between Method of Compaction and Dry Density of Soil

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Dear reader in previous three posts we have discussed about influence of water content and type of soil on dry density. We like to includ...

How do Soil Types Influence Compactive Effort?

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The purpose of compactive effort is to produce a soil mass of maximum dry density. Dear reader in our last post we have discussed about w...

Electric Double Layer Theory and Dry Density of Soil

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In our last post we have learnt how dry density of soil is related to water content in compaction process. Here we will discuss this phen...

Compacted Fill Materials for Foundation Trench (IBC)

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We know foundation sometimes rest on compacted fill. In case of questionable soil after sufficient test foundation engineer sometimes su...

What are the Advantages of Large Pores in No-fines Concrete?

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Omitting fine aggregate in no-fine concrete , a porous concrete is achieved. The modification of concrete is done to have some advantage ...
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Requirements for Geotechnical Investigation for Deep Foundation (IBC)

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Dear reader, scope of geotechnical investigation is defined by registered professional involved in foundation design . They also define ty...

Application of No-Fines Concrete

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No-fines concrete have porous structure and as discussed in previous post they have lower strength than ordinary concrete . In this post ...

What is the Basis of Analysis of Slope Failure of Soil Mass?

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We know that shear strength is the key issue that determines stability of slope.  Slope of soil mass should be such that soil mass is safe...

Rendering of No-Fines Concrete

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Dear reader we were discussing about no-fines concrete in previous posts; many aspects we have discussed but do we know feasibility of t...