Soil Testing for Engineers

Soil Testing for Engineers
Author: T. William Lambe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1951-01-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Specific gravity test; Atterberg limits and indices; Grain size analysis; Compaction test; Permeability test; Capillary head test; Capillarity-permeability test; Consolidation test; Direct shear test on cohesionless soil; Triaxial compression test on cohesionless soil; Triaxial compression test on cohesionless soil; Unconfined compression test; Triaxial compression test on cohesive soil; Direct shear test on cohesive soil.

Soil Testing Manual

Soil Testing Manual
Author: Robert W. Day
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

The essential tool for geotechnical and soil engineering fieldwork Written by AIA award-winning civil engineer Robert Day, Soil Testing Manual gives engineers, geologists, contractors, on-site construction managers -- anyone who needs answers on the characteristics of soil -- a convenient, complete source of today's most authoritative solutions. This reader-friendly guide simplifies each step of every process, from selecting appropriate methods to analyzing your results. Filled with handy tables, charts, diagrams, and formulas that eliminate time-wasting and frustrating searches and calculations, this manual gives you better results in less time as you: Get expert approaches to testing altered and disturbed soils Set up a mobile field lab with complete directions Use rip-out sheets for on-site reference and checks Get quick access to data on grading, instrumentation, technical methods, procedure guidelines, and preferred practices Draw authoritative conclusions on fill compaction Measure cohesiveness, shear strength, settlement, permeability, and other critical parameters Construct a subsoil profile

Soil Engineering

Soil Engineering
Author: Fu Hua Chen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1999-09-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 142004981X

In the last forty years, at least fifty books have been written on the subject of soil mechanics, most of them textbooks. Only a few touch on practical applications. Soil Engineering: Testing, Design, and Remediation supplies the information needed to fill the gap between textbook learning and practical know-how. When engineers deal with major p

Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks, and Aggregates

Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks, and Aggregates
Author: Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1604270470

Contains virtually all current laboratory tests for soils, rocks and aggregates in one volume with references to international standards: ASTM, ISRM, BS, and AS.

Geotechnical Laboratory Measurements for Engineers

Geotechnical Laboratory Measurements for Engineers
Author: John T. Germaine
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470150939

A comprehensive guide to the most useful geotechnical laboratory measurements Cost effective, high quality testing of geo-materials is possible if you understand the important factors and work with nature wisely. Geotechnical Laboratory Measurements for Engineers guides geotechnical engineers and students in conducting efficient testing without sacrificing the quality of results. Useful as both a lab manual for students and as a reference for the practicing geotechnical engineer, the book covers thirty of the most common soil tests, referencing the ASTM standard procedures while helping readers understand what the test is analyzing and how to interpret the results. Features include: Explanations of both the underlying theory of the tests and the standard testing procedures The most commonly-taught laboratory testing methods, plus additional advanced tests Unique discussions of electronic transducers and computer controlled tests not commonly covered in similar texts A support website at www.wiley.com/college/germaine with blank data sheets you can use in recording the results of your tests as well as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets containing raw data sets supporting the experiments

Introduction to Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing

Introduction to Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing
Author: Dante Fratta
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2007-05-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420045652

A step-by-step text on the basic tests performed in soil mechanics, Introduction to Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing provides procedural aids and elucidates industry standards. It also covers how to properly present data and document results. Containing numerical examples and figures, the information presented is based on American Society f

Triaxial Testing of Soils

Triaxial Testing of Soils
Author: Poul V. Lade
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119106591

Triaxial Testing of Soils explains how to carry out triaxial tests to demonstrate the effects of soil behaviour on engineering designs. An authoritative and comprehensive manual, it reflects current best practice and instrumentation.References are made throughout to easily accessible articles in the literature and the books focus is on how to obtain high quality experimental results.

Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering

Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering
Author: Charles Wang Wai Ng
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2014-04-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482266121

Analytical and comprehensive, this state-of-the-art book, examines the mechanics and engineering of unsaturated soils, as well as explaining the laboratory and field testing and research that are the logical basis of this modern approach to safe construction in these hazardous geomaterials; putting them into a logical framework for civil engineerin

Soil Testing, Soil Stability and Ground Improvement

Soil Testing, Soil Stability and Ground Improvement
Author: Wissem Frikha
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319619020

Earthwork projects are critical components in civil construction and often require detailed management techniques and unique solution methods to address failures. Being earth bound, earthwork is influenced by geomaterial properties at the onset of a project. Hence, an understanding of the in-situ soil properties is essential. Slope stability is a common problem facing earthwork construction, such as excavations and shored structures. Analytical methods for slope stability remain critical for researchers due to the mechanical complexity of the system. Striving for better earthwork project managements, the geotechnical engineering community continues to find improved testing techniques for determining sensitive properties of soil and rock, including stress-wave based, non-destructive testing methods. To minimize failure during earthwork construction, past case studies and data may reveal useful lessons and information to improve project management and minimize economic losses. This volume is part of the proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2017.

Interpreting Soil Test Results

Interpreting Soil Test Results
Author: Pam Hazelton
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486303986

Interpreting Soil Test Results is a practical reference enabling soil scientists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, land holders and others involved in land management to better understand a range of soil test methods and interpret the results of these tests. It also contains a comprehensive description of the soil properties relevant to many environmental and natural land resource issues and investigations. This new edition has an additional chapter on soil organic carbon store estimation and an extension of the chapter on soil contamination. It also includes sampling guidelines for landscape design and a section on trace elements. The book updates and expands sections covering acid sulfate soil, procedures for sampling soils, levels of nutrients present in farm products, soil sodicity, salinity and rainfall erosivity. It includes updated interpretations for phosphorus in soils, soil pH and the cation exchange capacity of soils. Interpreting Soil Test Results is ideal reading for students of soil science and environmental science and environmental engineering; professional soil scientists, environmental scientists, engineers and consultants; and local government agencies and as a reference by solicitors and barristers for land and environment cases.