Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 16)
16.
Sedimentation analysis is based on the assumption:
soil particles are spherical
particles settle independent of other particles
walls of the jar do not affect the settlement .
all the above.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
2 comments Page 1 of 1.

Shankar.ghuge said:   7 years ago
These are stoke's assumptions.

Indhu said:   8 years ago
It is done for fine graned soil having a size less than 0.075mm. And is based on stokes law which is valid for particle size between 0.2mm and 0.002mm.

Post your comments here:

Your comments will be displayed after verification.