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Is it always possible to determine the coefficient of uniformity and coefficient of curvature for all types of soils?

Determining the Coefficient of Uniformity (Cu) and Coefficient of Curvature (Cc) only has meaning when classifying coarse-grained soils, i.e. clean gravels (GW or GP) and clean sands (SW or SP) having more than 50% of material larger than No. 200 sieve with less than 5% fines. Gravels and sands with more than 12% fines (GM, GC, SM, SC) are distinguished using Atterberg limits. There would be no reason to determine these coefficients for fine-grained soils (i.e. clay, silt and peat).


What is the Difference between coarse grained and fine grained parallelism?

Granularity refers to the ratio of actual computation to the amount of communication required by a parallel system. A fine-grained system will do a small amount of computation before transferring data/results. A coarse-grained system will do a relatively large amount of computation before reporting back.


What is hydraulic conductivity of soil?

This depends on the soil! Cohesionless coarse grained soils with high gravel contents may have high hydraulic conductivity on the order of 1 to 1x10-1 m/s. Mixed sands and gravels are on the order of 1x10-1 to 1x10-3 m/s. Finer sands approximately 1x10-3 to 1x10-4, and fine grained soils such as silty sands may be in the range of 1x10-5 to 1x10-7 m/s. Very fine grained cohesive clay soils have very low hydraulic conductivity values ranging from 1x10-7 to 1x10-13 m/s.


Simple experiment to compare steel and cast iron?

A steel specimen would give a longer or continuous sound when beaten by a hammer. This is due to the malleable nature of the material. In other words, sound takes longer to travel in a coarse-grained material. Whereas cast iron specimen gives sound of shorter duration. This is due to the brittle nature of the material. In other words, sound takes shorter to travel in a fine-grained material.


Fine grained material used in cement?

The fineness of cement has an important bearing on the rate of hydration and hence onthe rate of gain of strength and also on the rate of evolution of heat. Finer cement offers agreater surface area for hydration and hence faster the development of strength.