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DENSITy INDEx SHRINkAGE RATIO
CHAPTER 1
VOID RATIO VALUES OF E-MIN SPECIFIC GRAVITy
POROSITy VALUES OF E-MAx SHRINkAGE LIMIT (NOT GIVEN VOLUME)
DEGREE OF SATURATION CHANGE IN THICkNESS
CHAPTER 3
WATER CONTENT EFFECTIVE SIzE
CHAPTER 2
UNIT WEIGHT WHAT IS LIqUID LIMIT? UNIFORMITy COEFFICIENT
MOIST UNIT WEIGHT WHAT IS PLASTIC LIMIT? COEFFICIENT OF GRADATION
DRy UNIT WEIGHT WHAT IS SHRINkAGE LIMIT? SORTING COEFFICIENT
SATURATED UNIT WEIGHT PLASTICITy INDEx SIzE OF GRAVEL (AASHTO)
DENSITy OF SOIL WHAT IS PLASTICITy INDEx? SIzE OF SAND (AASHTO)
SATURATED DENSITy WHAT IS LIqUIDITy INDEx? SIzE OF SILT (AASHTO)
EFFECTIVE UNIT WEIGHT LIqUIDITy INDEx SIzE OF CLAy (AASHTO)
HyDRAULIC GRADIENT CONSISTENCy INDEx SIzE OF GRAVEL (USDA)
AIR VOID RATIO FLOW INDEx SIzE OF SAND (USDA)
zERO AIR VOID UNIT WEIGHT TOUGHNESS INDEx SIzE OF SILT (USDA)
MOIST UNIT WEIGHT IN TERMS OF DEGREE OF SHRINkAGE LIMIT SIzE OF CLAy (USDA)
SATURATION AND VOID RATIO
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SIzE OF GRAVEL (MIT) FLOW RATE EqUIVALENT VERTICAL HyDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITy
SIzE OF SAND (MIT) INTERSTITIAL VELOCITy WELL IN AN UNCONFINED PERMEAbLE LAyER UNDERLAIN
by AN IMPERMEAbLE STRATUM
SIzE OF SILT (MIT) COEFFICIENT OF LEAkAGE WELL IN A CONFINED AqUIFER UNDERLAIN by AN
IMPERMEAbLE STRATUM
SIzE OF CLAy (MIT) RETARDATION COEFFICIENT TRANSMISSIVITy OF AqUIFER IN A PUMPING TEST
SIzE OF GRAVEL (USCS) LEAkAGE FACTOR TIME OF TRAVEL
SIzE OF SAND (USCS) AbSOLUTE PERMEAbILITy
CHAPTER 6
SIzE OF SILT (USCS) TRANSMISSIVITy OF SOIL STRATUM CAPILLARy RISE
SIzE OF CLAy (USCS) CONSTANT HEAD TEST PORE WATER PRESSURE CAUSED by CAPILLARy
ACTION
% OF SOIL FALLING HEAD TEST SEEPAGE FORCE
TEMPERATURE CORRECTION NORMAL STRESS
CHAPTER 4
RELATIVE COMPACTION CORRECTED TEMPERATURE EFFECTIVE STRESS
HAzEN CRITICAL HyDRAULIC GRADIENT
CHAPTER 5
WHAT IS PERMEAbILITy? CASAGRANDE
CHAPTER 8 - COMPRESSIbILITy
WHAT IS TRANSMISSIbILITy? kOzENy-CARMAN TOTAL SETTLEMENT
HyDRAULIC GRADIENT SAMARASINGHE, HUANG AND DRNEVICH NORMALLy CONSOLIDATED CLAyS
DISCHARGE VELOCITy EqUIVALENT HORIzONTAL HyDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITy OVER CONSOLIDATED CLAyS (WHEN 𝑷𝒐+∆P˂𝑷𝒄 )
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OVER CONSOLIDATED CLAyS (WHEN 𝑷𝒐+∆P> 𝑷𝒄) OVER CONSOLIDATION RATIO
CHAPTER 11 – SHEAR STRENGTH
SECONDARy SETTLEMENT NAGARAj AND MURTHy (NORMALLy CONSOLIDATED CLAy) DIRECT SHEAR FOR NORMALLy CONSOLIDATED CLAy
ELASTIC SETTLEMENT DIRECT SHEAR FOR OVER CONSOLIDATED CLAy
CHAPTER 9 - TERzAGHI
SkEMPTON’S EqUATION STRIP FOOTING TRI-AxIAL TEST FOR NORMALLy CONSOLIDATED CLAy
RENDON-HERRERO SqUARE FOOTING TRI-AxIAL TEST FOR OVER CONSOLIDATED CLAy
NAGARAj AND MURTy (COMPRESSION INDEx) RECTANGULAR FOOTING ANGLE THAT THE FAILURE PLANE MAkES WITH THE
MAjOR PRINCIPAL STRESS
PARk AND kOUMOTO CIRCULAR FOOTING
CHAPTER 12 – LATERAL EARTH
PRESSURE
NAGARAj AND MURTy (SWELL INDEx) RESSNER FORMULA COEFFICIENT OF AT REST EARTH PRESSURE FOR
NORMALLy CONSOLIDATED CLAy
SWELL INDEx PRANDTL FORMULA COEFFICIENT OF AT REST EARTH PRESSURE FOR OVER
CONSOLIDATED CLAy
COMPRESSION INDEx VESIC FORMULA bROOkER AND IRELAND’S FORMULA (PI bETWEEN O & 4O)
COEFFICIENT OF COMPRESSIbILITy MEyERFOF FORMULA bROOkER AND IRELAND’S FORMULA (PI bETWEEN 4O &
8O)
COEFFICIENT OF VOLUME COMPRESSIbILITy GROSS ALLOWAbLE bEARING CAPACITy COEFFICIENT OF ACTIVE EARTH PRESSURE FOR
HORIzONTAL bACkFILL
COEFFICIENT OF CONSOLIDATION NET ALLOWAbLE bEARING CAPACITy COEFFICIENT OF PASSIVE EARTH PRESSURE FOR
HORIzONTAL bACkFILL
TIME FACTOR GROSS ALLOWAbLE LOAD ACTIVE PRESSURE bEFORE THE TENSILE CRACk OCCURS
RELATION OF TIME AND DEGREE OF CONSOLIDATION NET ALLOWAbLE LOAD ACTIVE FORCE bEFORE THE TENSILE CRACk OCCURS
PRECONSOLIDATION PRESSURE (NAGARAj AND MURTHy)
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ULT. FRICTIONAL CAPACITy OF PILES ON CLAy ( β
METHOD)
CHAPTER 13 – SHEET PILES CHAPTER 15 – SLOPE STAbILITy
ACTIVE FORCE FOR CANTILEVER SHEET PILES FSS FOR CLAy WHEN NO PORE WATER PRESSURE IS ALLOWAbLE OR DESIGN LOAD CAPACITy OF PILE
FOUND ON THE SOIL
PASSIVE FORCE FOR CANTILEVER SHEET PILES FSS FOR CLAy WHEN THERE IS SEEPAGE ON THE SOIL bEARING CAPACITy OF PILES ON SAND
DUE TO GROUND WATER LEVEL
ACTIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT FACTOR OF SAFETy WITHOUT SEEPAGE CRITICAL DEPTH FOR DENSE SAND
PASSIVE PRESSURE COEFFICIENT FACTOR OF SAFETy WHEN THERE IS PARTIAL SEEPAGE CRITICAL DEPTH FOR LOOSE SAND
DEPTH OF EMbEDMENT FACTOR OF SAFETy WHEN SUbjECTED TO FULL SEEPAGE FRICTIONAL CAPACITy OF PILES ON SAND
STAbILITy NUMbER (CASE 1) MAx. HEIGHT OF THE SLOPE FOR WHICH CRITICAL EqUILIbRIUM OCCURS
ULTIMATE CAPACITy
STAbILITy NUMbER (CASE 2) FACTOR OF SAFETy WITH RESPECT TO COHESION ALLOWAbLE CAPACITy
FACTOR OF SAFETy WITH RESPECT TO FRICTION
CHAPTER 14 – bRACED SHEETING CHAPTER 17 – SETTLEMENT OF PILES
CUTS IN SAND (NON COHESIVE SOIL) FACTOR OF SAFETy TOTAL SETTLEMENT OF PILES
CUTS IN CLAy (COHESIVE SOIL) CASE 1 STAbILITy NUMbER ELASTIC SETTLEMENT OF PILES
CUTS IN CLAy (COHESIVE SOIL) CASE 2 CRITICAL HEIGHT OF SLOPE SETTLEMENT OF PILES CAUSED by THE LOAD AT THE PILE TIP GIVEN
𝑰𝒘𝒑
AVE. VALUE OF COHESION SETTLEMENT OF PILES CAUSED by THE LOAD AT THE PILE TIP 𝑪𝒑
CHAPTER 16 - PILES
AVE. UNIT WEIGHT OF CLAy ULT. bEARING CAPACITy OF PILES ON CLAy POINT LOAD PER UNIT AREA
MAx. MOMENT PER METER WIDTH α
ULT. FRICTIONAL CAPACITy OF PILES ON CLAy ( METHOD) SETTLEMENT OF PILES CAUSED by THE LOAD TRANSMITTED ALONG THE
PILE SHAFT GIVEN 𝑰𝒘𝒔
MOMENT ON WALE PER METER WIDTH ULT. FRICTIONAL CAPACITy OF PILES ON CLAy (λ METHOD) SETTLEMENT OF PILES CAUSED by THE LOAD TRANSMITTED ALONG THE
PILE SHAFT GIVEN 𝑪𝒔
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INFLUENCE FACTOR 𝑰𝒘𝒔
INFLUENCE FACTOR 𝑰𝒘𝒑
EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENT 𝑪𝒔
CHAPTER 18 – SETTLEMENT OF GROUP
PILES
EFFICIENCy OF GROUP OF PILES (CONVERSE-LAbARRE
EqUATION)
EFFICIENCy OF GROUP OF PILES (bOWLES)
MIN. PILE SPACING TO bE 1OO% EFFICIENT
ULT. LOAD bEARING CAPACITy OF GROUP OF PILES CONSIDERING THE
PILES ACT INDIVIDUALLy
SkIN RESISTANCE ASSUMING PILES IN THE GROUP ACT AS A bLOCk
(COyLE & SULAIMAN)
POINT bEARING CAPACITy ASSUMING PILES IN THE GROUP ACT AS A
bLOCk (COyLE & SULAIMAN)
ULT. LOAD bEARING CAPACITy by ASSUMING PILES IN THE GROUP ACT
AS A bLOCk (COyLE & SULAIMAN)
∆P FOR RECTANGULAR SECTIONS
∆P FOR SqUARE SECTIONS
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