Chapter 8 will be devoted to the settlement of cohesive soil. This section deals with the settlement
of cohesionless (nonplastic) soil, such as sands and gravels, caused by the structural load. The settlement
of granular soil subjected to foundation loads occurs primarily from the compression of the
soil skeleton due to the rearrangement of soil particles into denser arrangements. Hence a very loose
sand or gravel subjected to a foundation load will have much more rearrangement of soil particles
and resulting settlement than the same soil in a dense or very dense state