STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDUAL SOILS ON THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA) CAMPUS, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Residual soils are products of the in-situ physical and chemical weathering of bedrock, and are commonly situated above the groundwater table. They are often unsaturated in nature and possess negative pore-water pressures or matric suctions relative to the atmospheric conditions that contribute to the shear strength of soils ...
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