Note for Soil Mechanics - SM By Erparveen Sharma

definitions of soil, soil mechanics,soil engineering,rock mechanics,Geotechnical Engineering and scope of soil engineering

Comparison between soil and rock, 3 phase diagram,volumetric relationships

Sieve analysis, Dry sieve analysis

Liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit

Sand bath method

purpose, classification on the base of grain size,unified soil classification system

grain size distribution curve

Grading of soil

Indian standard soil classification system

Constant head permeability test

variable head permeability test

Darcy's law, Validity of Darcy's law

Discharge velocity and seepage velocity