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Lalit Mahato
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)

compaction of Soils

Basic Geotechnical Engineering

Answer in Short

Compaction is the artificial process of densification of soil by reduction of void ratio and hence a reduction in volume.

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Lalit Mahato
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)

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