Shear strength of compacted soils

• Main Author: Tiah, Jerome Sze Kiat
• Other Authors: Leong Eng Choon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71371
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The main aim of this project is to study the shear strength behaviour of compacted soil using direct shear test. The soils were compacted at five different water contents under the Standard Proctor Compaction effort. Two points were chosen on the dry side of optimum water content on the compaction c...