STUDY OF THE GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF AREA FOR THE NEW KIRKUK BUILDING AND THE NEW KIRKUK HOSPITAL IN THE 1 ADHAR - KIRKUK GOVERNORATE

Abstract

The current study included a study of the geotechnical properties of the sedimentation in the studied area for the new Kirkuk building and the new Kirkuk hospital in the 1 Adhar/ Kirkuk governorate, in addition of the purpose of establishing different facilities due to their proximity to the university of Kirkuk and their location on the road linking Baghdad Kirkuk, as the area is witnessing urban activity. Modeling was done by taking 6 samples from 3 locations in the study area, with depths between (0.5-1.0)m . The results of the grain size analysis od the studied areas soil showed that it was contained a high percentages of silt in addition to clay& sand, and it was classified according to the (Unified soil classification system), And it was found that the soil has a red structure containing clay and sandy fines with high fluidity and plasticity The specific gravity values were (2.60), (2.46), (2.80) respectively . While the result of the direct shear test of the soil showed that the values of cohesion and angle of friction were between (37-39) and (24-26) kpa, due to the propagation of silt and clay in these soils . And in the light of the above results, we can say that the possibility of engineering problems such as melting in this soil will be few, because it contains clay fines in very high percentages, so water should’nt be allowed to penetrate into the soil, and it should be taken into cosideration while designing, especially when the soil is not improved