A Critical Evaluation on Geotechnical Characterization of Medical and Health Infrastructure Building Site at Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
M. Madhusudhan Reddy1, K. Rajasekhara Reddy2
1M. MadhuSudhan Reddy, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Deemed to be University, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram (A.P), India.
2K. Rajasekhara Reddy, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Deemed to be University, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram (A.P), India.
Manuscript received on 03 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 15 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 28 May 2019 | PP: 580-584 | Volume-7 Issue-6C2 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F11050476C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: The unique soil identification and evaluation is often regarded as one of the most important information for proper design of any civil engineering structures. Selection of Geotechnical investigation methods is depending upon site conditions and characteristics of soil vary site to site. Present study focused on physical characteristics of soils for a proposed medical and health infrastructure building site at Mangalagiri, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh state, India. The investigation involves Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT) and Standard Penetration Test (SPT) followed by excavation with trial pits and trenches. Both disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected from twelve different locations of the study area at various depths from all the bore holes for studying physical properties of soils. Using the samples thus collected from boreholes, grain size distribution (GSD) charts were drawn to classify the soils and 2-D bore logs have been developed to understand the soil heterogeneity. The investigations reveled that the sub soil is comprising occurrence of predominantly red coloured medium dense sand with traces of laterite gravel up to a depth of 5 meters and dense sand and laterite gravel mixture beyond 5.0 m to explored depth throughout the study area.
Keywords: Standard Penetration Test (SPT), Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCPT), Soil Samples, 2-D Bore Logs, Mangalagiri.
Scope of the Article: Building Energy