Geotechnical Investigations of an Earth-Filled Site for Construction of a Building

  • Riaz Bhanbhro Department of Civil Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
  • Zafar Ali Siyal Department of Energy & Environment Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
  • Bashir Ahmed Memon Department of Civil Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan
  • Shahnawaz Zardari Department of Civil Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
  • Amjad Hussain Bhutto Department of Civil Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Auchar Zardari Department of Civil Engineering, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52584/QRJ.1802.11
Keywords: Oedometer Tests, Direct Shear Tests, Laboratory Investigations

Abstract

There is a growing need of construction around the globe. This need tends to provide newer opportunities for construction of buildings over reclaimed lands or earth filled areas. Mostly, the earth is filled with soils as it is an easily available material. Soil is a complex materials, and its properties can vary due to several reasons. If not understood properly, it can damage undisturbed samples collected from earth-filled soils. The basic properties of soils, the stress-strain behavior and strength parameters are presented and discussed. Results show that soil exhibits strain hardening and normally consolidated behavior in direct shear and oedometer test respectively. It is observed that the compression index values are in the range of 0.157 to 0.182 which indicates that the material is silty soils with low plasticity. The allowable bearing capacity in our study was 305 kPa and allowable load on footing was 987 kN. The strength parameters, i.e., friction angle and cohesion are 37 degree and 2 kPa respectively.

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Published
2020-12-31
How to Cite
Bhanbhro, R., Siyal, Z. A., Memon, B. A., Zardari, S., Bhutto, A. H., & Zardari, M. A. (2020). Geotechnical Investigations of an Earth-Filled Site for Construction of a Building. Quaid-E-Awam University Research Journal of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah., 18(2), 71-74. https://doi.org/10.52584/QRJ.1802.11
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Vol 18 No 2 (2020): Vol. 18, No. 2, JUL-DEC, 2020
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