Geotech

Nathan Mortimore Newmark was a structural engineer. In 1942 he developed a chart to determine the vertical pressure of soil at any point for uniformly applied load. The chart is developed from Bo…

Specific heat is a term that indicates the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius. It is a thermodynamic property of the substance. In SI specificati…

Reconstituted soil is the soil combination prepared by breaking down natural soils, mixing with water as a slurry, and reconsolidating them.

A reconstituted clay is one that has been thorou…

Simply put, a rock is a solid substance that we see piled up together on the surface of the earth. We see them everywhere either lying around or piled up in big chunks in the form of mountains, c…

Rocks are very much known for their rigid nature. Nature is so iconic and famous that people often define their level of determination by using the word ‘Rock’-solid or ‘Rock’-hard. Contrary to t…