Atterberg limits
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The Atterberg limits are a basic measure of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit.
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Arthur Casagrande
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Arthur Casagrande was an American civil engineer born in Austria-Hungary who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy. Renowned
Atterberg limits
…limits, or Atterberg's limit. These limits were created by Albert Atterberg, a Swedish chemist and agronomist, in 1911. They were later refined by Arthur Casagrande, an Austrian geotechnical engineer and a close collaborator of Karl Terzaghi (both pioneers of soil mechanics). Distinctions in soils are used in…
Arthur Casagrande