Quick condition

{{Short description|State of saturated soils}}

The quick condition of soil is the condition when the upward water pressure gradient and water flow reduce the effective stress, i.e., cohesiveness of the soil. Sandy soils may lose their shear strength, and the soil may behave as a fluid‌. Cohesive soils may produce cracks with water seepage.McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, article "Quick condition"[http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/SoilMech/water/water.htm A reference on soil mechanics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226142655/http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/SoilMech/water/water.htm |date=February 26, 2014 }}, University of the West EnglandF.G.Bell, Engineering Geology, {{ISBN|0080469523}}, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Izm6IUVDBcUC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172 p. 172]T. William Lambe, Soil Mechanics,{{ISBN|0471511927}}, John Wiley & Sons, 1969 [https://books.google.com/books?id=d-FzXyGhwcEC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263 p. 263]