Caracterização física do solo do IFMG - Campus Avançado Piumhi

Soil is the means of survival for most living beings and is used as a habitat or source of natural resources. It is made up of an agglomeration of solid, liquid and gaseous particles. The relationship between these phases helps to determine its behavior, which can guarantee the success or failure of an engineering project. In order to understand the soil and how its phases relate to each other, a physical characterization of the soil at the IFMG - Campus Avançado Piumhi was carried out, seeking to recognize its characteristics in order to provide data for future works to be carried out on the land studied. For this characterization, the following activities were carried out: tactile-visual identification, sample collection and laboratory tests: determination of the natural apparent specific weight, moisture content, liquidity limit and plasticity limit. The methodology used, from collecting the samples to carrying out the tests, was in accordance with the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), as supplemented by the Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT). The results found confirm the silty-clay soil expected for the region, but show some variations that have been commented on and evaluated according to renowned soil mechanics authors such as Caputo and Pinto, as well as compared to pre-existing geotechnical surveys made available by the campus.