Overview
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 for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards, and US Army Corps of Engineers engineering manuals. The authors discuss the different methods of in situ field methods and ex situ laboratory methods of soil description and identification. They present equations for the physical properties of soil and laboratory methods of soil classification. They also discuss tests for the interaction of soil and water, and hydraulic conductivity and consolidation. These tests produce information useful in the identification and characterization of soil samples and their engineering behaviors. A comprehensive resource, the book describes the evaluation of physical properties of soils, including mass, weight, unit weight, and mass density of the soil mass and its component phases. These properties are then expanded to define a number of weight and volumetric relationships. The book also discusses tests used in the evaluation of the density-water content relationships in soils and in the evaluation of the quality of compaction operations. These features and more make this book an excellent guide for testing soils.
Full Product Details
Author: Dante Fratta (University Of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) ,
Jennifer Aguettant (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,
Lynne Roussel-Smith (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.388kg
ISBN: 9781420045628
ISBN 10: 1420045628
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 21 May 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“Type and amount of soil used, equipment needed, step-by-step testing procedures, and methods of analyses are all illustrated with pictures …very helpful to students who have never done such experiments. Summing up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; two year technical program students.” — R.P. Khera, New Jersey Institute of Technology, ic CHOICE, Vol. 45, No. 6, February 2008
Type and amount of soil used, equipment needed, step-by-step testing procedures, and methods of analyses are all illustrated with pictures ...very helpful to students who have never done such experiments. Summing up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; two year technical program students. - R.P. Khera, New Jersey Institute of Technology, ic CHOICE, Vol. 45, No. 6, February 2008
Author Information
Dante Fratta, Jennifer Aguettant, Lynne Roussel-Smith
