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- Title
A Simplified Approach of Determining the Specific Gravity of Soil Solids.
- Authors
Prakash, K.; Sridharan, A.; Thejas, H.; Swaroop, H.
- Abstract
Many computations in the field of geotechnical engineering require the use of specific gravity of soil solids. Presently, specific gravity of soil solids is determined in the laboratory by the sensitive pycnometer/density bottle method, which is characterized by many complexities and difficulties. The present technical note suggests the use of some of the measurements taken during the routine shrinkage limit test in the laboratory to compute the specific gravity of soil solids fairly accurately. It is shown through exhaustive experimental results that the values of specific gravity of soil solids obtained from the proposed method is in very close agreement with those determined from the conventional pycnometer/density bottle method.
- Subjects
GRAVITY; ENGINEERING geology; SOILS; PYCNOMETERS; DENSITY
- Publication
Geotechnical & Geological Engineering, 2012, Vol 30, Issue 4, p1063
- ISSN
0960-3182
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10706-012-9521-6