M Elvira Garrido de la Torre

Carlos Hidalgo Signes

Jorge Ivn Preciado Romero

Ensayos de Mecnica de Suelos

Prcticas de Geotecnia

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UNIVERSITAT POLITCNICA DE VALNCIA
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Para referenciar esta publicacin utilice la siguiente cita: Garrido de la Torre, M. E. [et al](2015)
Ensayos de mecnica de suelos: prcticas de geotecnia. Valencia: Universitat Politcnica de
Valncia

M Elvira Garrido de la Torre

Carlos Hidalgo Signes
Jorge Ivn Preciado Romero

2015, de la presente edicin: Editorial Universitat Politcnica de Valncia

distribucin: Telf. 963 877 012 / www.lalibreria.upv.es / Ref.: 0167_12_01_01

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Captulo 2. Propiedades ndice

2.1 INTRODUCCIN

Las caractersticas bsicas del suelo que ayudan a id entificarlo, agruparlo

y c l a s i f ic a r l o d e n t r o d e c a t eg o r a s o g ru p o s d e s i m i l a r c o m p o r t a m ie n t o , s e
d e n o m i n an P r op i e d a d es Elementales. D en t ro de las P r o p ied a d es
E lemen tales se dist in gu en dos grupos:

PROPIEDADES NTRINSECAS: S on l a s p r op i e d a d es que n o d e pen d en de

l a e s t ru c t u r a d e l s u e l o , es d e c i r, s on p r o p i e d ad e s q u e s e c o n s e rv a n s ea
c u a l s e a e l t r a t am i e n t o q u e s e l e h ay a d a d o a l a m u e s t ra h as t a s u en s ay o
en laboratorio:

Granulometra

Lmites de Atterberg

D en s idad relat iv a de las part c u las (G s )

PROPIEDAD ES DE ESTAD O: Son aquellas caractersticas del suelo que

d e p en d e n d e s u h i s t o r i a g eo l g i c a, d e f o r ma e n q u e s e h a t om a d o l a
mu estra y de la man ipu lacin de sta h asta la realizacin de los en sayos
e n l ab o r at o r i o. D i c h as p r o p ied a d es s e e x p r e s a n c o m o r e la c i n y a q u e s on
i n d ep e n d ien t e s d e la c an t i d ad d e mu es t ra a n a l i z ad a . S on:

P o r os i d ad ( n )

ndice de Poros ( e )

D en s ida d ( ) y peso especfico ( )

Humedad ( W )

Grado de Satu racin ( Sr )

E s t as u l t im a s s e ob t i en en c o m o r e s u lta d o d e rel a c i o n ar e n t r e s i p e s os y
v o l m en es d e c ad a u n a d e l as t r es f as e s d e l s u elo .

E n l a b o rat o r i o s e d e t e rm i n an m e d i ant e e n s ay os n or m a l i z ad o s : Hu m ed a d ,
D en s idad y D ensidad relat iva de las part cu las.

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