John Hiles Geo Final

2. Ratio an indicator of relative strength & compressibility of a soil sample
3. flow of water through soils
8. one source of shear strength in soil
11. volume change in saturated soils caused by the expulsion of pore water from loading
12. the slope of the virgin consolidation line
13. soils that are transported to their present locations by rivers and streams
14. unit weight γd, is defined as Ws /V
15. Index Liquid Limit - Plastic Limit
16. total headloss per unit length
18. Ratio of maximum dry unit weight of field to max dry unit weight from lab
19. effective size in particle analysis
22. The maximum past stress ( pressure)
23. is the lowest water content at which the fine grained soil behaves like aviscous mud, flowing under its own weight
24. a three phase (i.e., solid, liquid, gas) particulate material

1. depth below the water table multiplied by unit weight of water
4. y is a measure of how easily a fluid can flow through a porous medium
5. total stress - pore pressure
6. soil where all grain sizes well represented
7. Ratio of density of solids to the density of water
9. The present effective stress is the maximum stress to which soil has been subjected in the past.
10. as pore water pressure increases, effective stress
17. soil with hy hydroconductivity
20. the lowest water content at which the soil exhibits plastic characteristics
21. discharge velocity (v) is proportional to the hydraulic gradient (i)
24. this soil is classified by silt or clay