PAYMENT
UNIT – I
INTRODUCTION: SOIL FORMATION – CLAY
MINERALOGY AND SOIL STRUCTURE AND
CLAY MINERALOGY – MOISTURE CONTENT –
WEIGHT- VOLUME RELATIONSHIP –
RELATIVE DENSITY. INDEX PROPERTIES OF
SOILS: GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS – SIEVE
ANALYSIS, PRINCIPLE OF HYDROMETER
METHOD – CONSISTENCY LIMITS AND
INDICES – I.S. CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS.