Impact of shell content on shear strength of reclamation sand

• Main Author: Huang, Brenda Ziping
• Other Authors: Leong Eng Choon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60128
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to scarcity of land, Singapore has depended on imported sand for land reclamation. These imported sand contained variable amount of shells and corals (shell content) which will affect the engineering properties of the sand. In land reclamation, shear strength is important as it affects the granu...