STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDUAL SOILS ON THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA) CAMPUS, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Residual soils are products of the in-situ physical and chemical weathering of bedrock, and are commonly situated above the groundwater table. They are often unsaturated in nature and possess negative pore-water pressures or matric suctions relative to the atmospheric conditions that contribute to the shear strength of soils (Rahardjo et al., 1995). Residual soils are the soils formed in place by the weathering of the rock at the location, ...
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