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Recent content by JungleBungalow
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Soil Stiffness versus Proctor-Any correlation method?
oops, I spoke too soon...fattdad spells it out quite nicely.- JungleBungalow
- Post #17
- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Soil Stiffness versus Proctor-Any correlation method?
So, lets clarify: Es = Soil elastic modulus Mr = Soil resilient modulus = 1500*CBR These are not the same, soil resilient modulus is a measure of the soil stiffness under rapidly applied loads (like traffic loading). Es is the value used in settlement analyses, not Mr. ks = Modulus of...- JungleBungalow
- Post #16
- Forum: Foundation engineering
