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But, particles of what? Usually, particles of mineral material, coming from weathering and other geological processes that have affected a rock mass. Do you want to know more? 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is soil?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e302ba0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e302ba0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f7645\" data-id=\"66f7645\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d017f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d017f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For Geotechnical Engineers, the main material they work with is soil, so it is vital for them to know and understand how soil behaves under different conditions.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>But, what is soil? The question is valid, because it usually generates certain doubts in engineers who are beginning to take their first steps in Geotechnical Engineering, or perhaps in some users of geotechnical studies (such as specialists in structures or hydraulics, for example), and even in geologists, who are a fundamental pillar to understand the environment in which the materials that constitute the soil at a given site were generated and\/or deposited.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Thus, it can be stated that soil has different definitions, depending on who defines it. That is to say that soil is defined differently by, for example, geotechnical engineers, geologists or agronomists. However, from the point of view of Geotechnical Engineering, it can be said that soil is, first of all, a very complex material, which has three (3) main characteristics (see Figure 1):<br \/><br \/><\/p><ol><li>It is made up of individual particles.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li>The capacity of the soil to resist stresses is generated by the shear strength at the contacts between the particles.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li>Water pressure reduces the shear strength of the soil. And, in some cases, surface tension increases the strength of the soil by means of what in some books is called \"apparent cohesion\" (the typical case is a sand castle).<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e35b00a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e35b00a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7b5490\" data-id=\"b7b5490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"translation-block\">Figure 1 Characteristics of soils.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8578f37 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8578f37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d77f655\" data-id=\"d77f655\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7526104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7526104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These three characteristics control the response of the soil when it is subjected to external stresses from civil structures, so they must be adequately understood in order to achieve a thorough understanding of the behavior of the loaded soil.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b649c6b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b649c6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-297d27f\" data-id=\"297d27f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0745b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0745b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coarse and fine soils<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07a63c3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07a63c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7608fe3\" data-id=\"7608fe3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c6964 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52c6964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>In Geotechnical Engineering, soils are separated into coarse soils (such as gravels and sands) and fine soils (such as silts and clays), and engineers use Soil Mechanics to understand and predict the mechanical behavior of soils subjected to stresses transmitted by civil structures. Figure 2 shows this typical separation for studying and analyzing soils.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5c29bc elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5c29bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f3d5e\" data-id=\"64f3d5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a28ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a28ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1049\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1-11-14x12.jpg 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b1d1c7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b1d1c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4f6fa9\" data-id=\"c4f6fa9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a3355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74a3355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Figure 2 Differentiation between coarse and fine soils.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80e0b1f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80e0b1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3c33d5\" data-id=\"b3c33d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c803c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1c803c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Taking particle size into account, gravels can be said to be small pieces of rock, typically containing several minerals; whereas sands are smaller pieces, whose grains usually consist of a single mineral. When it is not possible to observe individual grains with the naked eye, then the soil is either a clay, a silt, or a mixture of both (Holtz et al, 2011).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6712c7e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6712c7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4ba9af\" data-id=\"f4ba9af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fe41e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60fe41e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Particle shapes and their engineering behavior<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6ecb87 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6ecb87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-202fb38\" data-id=\"202fb38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0605c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0605c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3 shows two photographs taken with an electron microscope. The first corresponds to a sample of coarse soils (part \"a\"), and the second to fine clayey soils (part \"b\"). The difference in particle shape is evident. Additionally, it is important to note that in the coarse, larger particles, gravitational forces predominate, while the fine particles are very active electrochemically, given their shape and size and their large specific surface area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fddb9fb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fddb9fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb38be2\" data-id=\"eb38be2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e4292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86e4292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-1024x424.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-1536x636.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-3-3-2048x848.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1373fd6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1373fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28a52fc\" data-id=\"28a52fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a61c54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a61c54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Figure 3 Particle shape (Source: Amundaray y Beltr\u00e1n, 2005; McPhee et al, 2015).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1385e2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1385e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a689b6\" data-id=\"1a689b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5479435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5479435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">In general, soil texture, especially in the case of coarse soils (i.e., gravels and sands), has a certain relationship with their engineering behavior. In the case of fine soils, on the other hand, the presence of water significantly affects their engineering response, since water affects the interaction between grains, and this can affect plasticity (simply defined as the ability of the soil to be shaped) and cohesion (i.e., the ability of the soil to stick together).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>While sands are non-plastic and non-cohesive, clays are plastic and cohesive. Silts are found between sands and clays: they are fine-grained, but non-plastic and non-cohesive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd10a41 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd10a41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f240d6\" data-id=\"1f240d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9342228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9342228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fine soils: silts or clays?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9049a3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9049a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-324506f\" data-id=\"324506f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c5d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4c5d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Another important thing to mention is that, usually, those soils whose behavior is strongly affected by the presence of clay minerals (colloids, particles smaller than 2\u03bc in size), for simplicity are referred to as \"clays\". However, what should really be said is that they are \"soils that contain enough clay minerals to affect their behavior\". Why? Because soils are always a mixture of particles (Holtz et al, 2011).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The bar graph shown in Figure 4 is an analysis of the distribution of particles passing through the #200 sieve carried out on 220 samples. It is clearly observed that, in the cases of soils that classify as clays, the colloid content (particles smaller than 2\u03bc) varies between 20% and 60%. The rest is silt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bacb9cb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bacb9cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ae177c\" data-id=\"8ae177c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe3f97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8fe3f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-1024x745.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-1536x1118.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/geo-webonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Figura-4-2-2048x1491.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fad855 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fad855\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ff625\" data-id=\"e4ff625\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea25a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ea25a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Figure 4 Distribution of particles passing through the #200 sieve for soils classified as silts or clays according to the USCS (Source: Boiero, 2019).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ea52e9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ea52e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eaa952d\" data-id=\"eaa952d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06344e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c06344e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the above, this simplification that is used in practice when referring to this type of soils, must be properly understood, in order to avoid confusion in the understanding of soil behavior.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ad3cb1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ad3cb1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbfead5\" data-id=\"fbfead5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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(2019) <strong>\u201cCaracterizaci\u00f3n Geot\u00e9cnica de Suelos\u201d<\/strong>. Jornadas Especiales de Geotecnia. Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello. Caracas, Venezuela.<\/li><li>Amundaray, J. y Beltr\u00e1n, R. (2005) <strong>\u201cLos Suelos Colapsables de Jose\u201d<\/strong>. XVIII Seminario Venezolano de Geotecnia Geoinfraestructura: \u201cLa Geotecnia en el Desarrollo Nacional\u201d. Caracas, Venezuela.<\/li><li>Holtz, R.; Kovacs, W. &amp; Sheahan, T. (2011) <strong>\u201cAn Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering\u201d<\/strong>. Second Edition. Prentice Hall. New Jersey, USA.<\/li><li>Mitchell, J.K. &amp; Soga, K. (2005) <strong>\u201cFundamentals of Soil Behavior\u201d<\/strong>. Third Edition. John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc. 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