Compression characteristics of unsaturated residual soils by increment load test

• Main Author: Tan, Kyna Wenli.
• Other Authors: Leong Eng Choon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44329
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Residual soils occupy about two-thirds of Singapore’s geology. They are the product of in-situ physical and chemical weathering of bedrock in Singapore’s tropical climatic condition. Residual soils are known to have high stiffness and are usually unsaturated. However, known engineering properties of...