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4 Field Tests On Soil To Check Its Suitability For Road Work
4 Field Tests On Soil To Check Its Suitability For Road Work
4 Field Tests On Soil To Check Its Suitability For Road Work
In order to determine the suitability of a particular soil it is essential to know the proportion of each
material in the soil and also whether the particular material possesses the properties required of it.
For instance, a road soil that is 95 percent sand will not cohere, and clay that does not possess the
property of cohesion is useless as a road material and will do nothing but make dust.
Therefore it is required to perform some field test prior to use soil in road work. The following 4 filed
test can be made to check its suitability for road work.