Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 1)
1.
Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:
Red earth
Clay
Black cotton soil
Compacted ground.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Tsehay said:   8 years ago
Both clay and black cotton soil are cohesive but the cohesiveness of black soil is higher than clay soil b/c the internal interlocking of soil particles in black cotton soil is weaker than that of clay.

Himanshu negi said:   8 years ago
Here, it is asked for most cohesive soil.

Pawar said:   8 years ago
What is cohesive soil?

Viru kapoor said:   7 years ago
The black cotton soil is the correct answer.

It is a type of clay with most swells properties.

Shama said:   7 years ago
Guys all clays are not cohesive. There are soils having particle size less than 2 micro metre but having no cohesion. Whereas black cotton soil has cohesive properties.

Simran said:   7 years ago
Clay is the cohesive soil. Black cotton soil is residual soil.

Jayes said:   6 years ago
@Simran.

Black cotton soil is expansive soil.

Seenu said:   6 years ago
First of all, clay is not a cohesive soil it's only a c-phi soil. The best example of cohesive soil is undrained clay.

Augustine said:   5 years ago
@Keshav.

Thank you for your explanation.

Faisalabadi said:   4 years ago
Clay and black cotton soil both are cohesivebut black cotton soil is more cohesive then clay.


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