EVALUATION OF COMPRESSIVE INDEX OF CLAY SOILS OF IPETU TOWN IN IREPODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE
1Gana. A. J, 2Toba, A. P & 2Okigbo, S. N
1Department of Civil Engineering, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State
2Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Polytechnic Bida, Pmb 55, Bida, Niger State
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Corresponding author: Gana, A. J
ABSTRACT
The common practice in Engineering profession for soil Analysis usually requires the use of empirical equations for computing the Engineering properties of soils, especially in Geotechnical Engineering field. It has been observed that empirical formulas give a better result for soils which in most cases have dis-similar properties. It has also been observed that most of the existing correlations relationships have been used for Index of clay soils in terms of its index properties. This paper Examines the compressive index of clay soils values of Ipetu town; being a distance of 4 bilometres away from Omu-Aran In Irepodun Local Government area of Kwara state the study also considered the soil consolidation, correlation, Regression and Liquid Limit of the clay soil under study.
Keywords:-soils consolidation, compressive Index, remolding, correlations, empirical formulas regression, Liquid Limit.
