Is there any criteria for allowable loss of moisture content in Undisturbed Soil Sample ?

IS code 1892 recommends use of UDS within 2 weeks of extracting from borehole. If this duration exceeds, is there any criteria for calculating loss of moisture and allowable loss.

10 November 2017 6,444 2 View

Formula for size correction factor while performing UCS on rock ?

A correction factor is normally applied when Length/Diameter ratio of rock specimen is less than 2. Please guide which formula to use with solid reference such as ASTM, BIS or IS. Thanks.

09 October 2017 1,924 2 View

How to assign interface element in MIDAS GTS 2013?

How to assign soil-other material or other material-other material interface element in MIDAS GTS 2013? Thank you.

07 August 2016 8,649 2 View

What are the latest techniques/methods for analyzing pile-raft foundations ?

Want to know about latest methods of analysis of pile-raft system and their benefits. Thank you.

06 July 2016 2,340 0 View

What are the latest trends in Ground Improvement Techniques ?

I would like to know about advanced methods of ground improvement and/or advancement in conventional methods that are already in use. Thank you !

31 December 2015 5,104 2 View

What is the relation between matric suction and tensile strength of soil?

How tensile strength is used to determine matric suction and vice versa?

09 October 2015 406 1 View

What are the different methods (experimental and theoretical) to determine tensile strength of clay or sand in saturated and unsaturated condition ?

Different experimental and theoretical methods that are used in practice to determine tensile strength of sand and clay in saturated and unsaturated condition.

09 October 2015 6,049 7 View

What are the precautions to be taken while mixing fibre for reinforcing soil?

11 December 2014 442 7 View

How can I measure water content of fibre reinforced soil?

After doing compaction test on fibre reinforced soil, how can we measure water content in the soil samples we take out each time. What are the various methods for this?

11 December 2014 2,297 5 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

Why can't make aluminum nitride film successfully by use sputter?

We use reactive sputtering process to make aluminum nitride film, and want to make c-axis aluminum nitride film on a silicon substrate, but the crystal orientation cannot be seen with...

03 March 2021 7,975 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View