Geological Engineering

In this article you will find many facts about groundwater, the most abundant and important natural freshwater resource on the planet that is found below the surface. What is groundwater? Groundwater is that natural water resource that is trapped or reserved under the earth’s surface in rock formations that are in the earth’s crust and […]

The shear strength of soils can be defined as the resistance to shear stresses and a consequent tendency to deformation by shear. Soil derives its shear strength from the following. Main planes and main soil stresses At a point in a stressed material, each plane will be subjected to normal or direct stress and shear

The soil property that allows the flow of water through the materials that make it up is known as soil permeability, which will depend on various factors such as effective porosity. The porosity in the materials that make up the soil is provided by the presence of interstices within it, which is generated by the

One of the ways to classify the soil apart from granulometry is thanks to the Atterberg limits, which are basically indexes derived from the branch of agronomy, which define the consistency of a soil in relation to its water content, by determining from humidity. Moisture is defined as the weight of the water in the

For civil, geotechnical or geological engineers, dispersive soils represent one of the problems in soil mechanics and geotechnics, which need to be solved to make construction works safe, profitable and durable over time. What are dispersive soils? Dispersive soils are those that are made up of a certain type of clay (dispersive clays) that when

The Lugeon test is a type of geotechnical investigation carried out within a borehole (in situ test), which defines the value of permeability (K) in variably fractured rocks (rock masses), where water is introduced at constant pressure in isolated sections and semi isolated. The Lugeon test is normally carried out in 5 meter sections isolated

Hydrogeology corresponds to a branch of geology that deals with the movement and distribution of groundwater in rocks and soils on the earth’s surface. Another suitable definition is that hydrogeology is the branch of geology that deals with groundwater and surface water, its movement, behavior and quality. As water is the most important natural resource