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Geotechnical Properties of Lateritic Rocks in North Goa

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Laterite rock is rich in iron and aluminium and is thought to have formed in tropical warm and humid regions like Goa. Generally, all laterites are of rusty-red colouration due to high content of iron oxide. Owing to difficulties in construction of foundations on the lateritic strata, geotechnical investigations of such areas has drawn considerable attention. In the present study, samples of laterite rock were obtained from boreholes at Dona Paula and Porvorim Goa sites. All these sites are closer to the coastal belt in North Goa. Various tests were conducted on these rock samples to study the geotechnical properties of the lateritic rocks in Goa and also the geology of laterites in Goa. These tests include, UCS, unit weight, water absorption test, etc. were also studied. Correlation is obtained about variation of UCS with L/D ratio for the sites under consideration.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Goa, 403401, India

    Mrudula Ingale & Purnanand P. Savoikar

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  1. National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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    Salim Barbhuiya

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Viktoria, BC, Canada

    Rishi Gupta

  4. School of Civil Engineering, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Purnachandra Saha

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Ingale, M., Savoikar, P.P. (2021). Geotechnical Properties of Lateritic Rocks in North Goa. In: Das, B., Barbhuiya, S., Gupta, R., Saha, P. (eds) Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 75. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4577-1_7

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