Mapping and Characterizing of Soil in Areka Town

Abstract

This project is a written report about the mapping and characterizing of Areka town and which was planned to help people about the town soils characterizing more. Proper understanding of the properties of the soil helps to understand the actual causes of failure of structure. The main objective of this project work is to examine Atterberg limits by giving emphasis on the range at which a reduction of water content will not cause a decrease in the volume of the soil mass, i.e. shrinkage limit. The content of the project is divided into six chapters. chapter one contains the back ground of Areka town including general objective, objective of the study, methodology, scope of the study and structure of the project. Chapter two contains literature review of general characteristics of expansive soils. Chapter three contains sampling area description of general, topography and climate and soil and geology. Chapter four materials and methodology Chapter five Laboratory results and discussion Chapter six contains conclusions and recommendations