Soils Laboratory Manual 1

[eric1037]

Can anyone recommend a good, comprehensive manual that covers step by step procedures for soil laboratory testing? I am looking for something that is based on ASTM procedures, but is written in normal english.

Thanks in advance!

 

[techmaximus]

This bool rules, well IMO, at any rate.

Soil Properties Testing, Measurement, and Evaluation
ISBN:0130930059
Liu, Cheng/ Evett, Jack B.

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Preface v
Preface to the First Edition vii
Introduction
1 (4)
Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedure)
5 (18)
Determining the Moisture Content of Soil (Conventional Oven Method)
23 (12)
Determining the Moisture Content of Soil (Microwave Oven Method)
35 (6)
Determining the Specific Gravity of Soil
41 (16)
Determining the Liquid Limit of Soil
57 (20)
Determining the Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soil
77 (12)
Determining the Shrinkage Limit of Soil
89 (14)
Grain-Size Analysis of Soil (Including Both Mechanical and Hydrometer Analyses)
103 (28)
Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
131 (20)
Determining Moisture-Unit Weight Relations of Soil (Compaction Test)
151 (24)
Determining the Moisture Content of Soil (Calcium Carbide Gas Moisture Tester)
175 (8)
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method
183 (20)
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Rubber-Balloon Method
203 (14)
Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Nuclear Methods
217 (16)
Percolation Test
233 (8)
Permeability Test for Granular Soils (Constant-Head Method)
241 (20)
Permeability Test for Fine-Grained and Granular Soils (Falling-Head Method)
261 (14)
Consolidation Test
275 (36)
Determining the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil
311 (16)
Triaxial Compression Test
327 (34)
Direct Shear Test
361 (22)
California Bearing Ratio Test
383 (28)
Graph Papers 411 (12)
CD Installation Tips Soil Properties (5th Edition) 423



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