Soil Properties Testing, Measurement, and Evaluation

ISBN-10: 0136141234
ISBN-13: 9780136141235
Authors: Cheng Liu, Jack B. Evett
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Binding: Comb Bound  Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Number of pages: 448 Dimensions: 8.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall Weight: 1.936 lbs. Language: English

Table of contents

Introduction
Soil Exploration
Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedure)
Determining the Moisture Content of Soil and Rock by Mass (Conventional Oven Method)
Determining the Moisture Content of Soil ( Microwave Oven Method)
Determining the Specific Gravity of Soil
Determining the Liquid Limit of Soil
Determining the Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soil
Determining the Shrinkage Limit of Soil
Grain-Size Analysis of Soil ( Including Both Mechanical and Hydrometer Analyses)
Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
Determining Moisture-Unit Weight Relations of Soil (Compaction Test)
Field Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil by the Calcium Carbide Gas Pressure Tester
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Rubber-Balloon Method
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Nuclear Methods
Percolation Test
Permeability Test for Granular Soils (Constant-Head Method)
Permeability Test for Fine-Grained and Granular Soils (Falling-Head Method)
Consolidation Test
Determining the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil
Triaxial Compression Test
Direct Shear Test
California Bearing Ratio Test
Graph Papers