Shear strength of compacted soils

• Main Author: Muhammad Arif Bin Ramlan
• Other Authors: Leong Eng Choon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68190
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The main aim of this project was to study the shear strength behaviours of compacted soils from Bukit Timah Granite in Singapore through direct shear tests. The soils were compacted at various water contents and under two compaction efforts, standard Proctor and modified Proctor. Compaction procedur...