Soil Properties: Testing, Measurement and Evaluation - Softcover

Liu, Cheng; Evett, Jack B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138223793 ISBN 13: 9780138223793

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1984

Synopsis

Updated with considerable new and basic material, this fundamental geotechnical (soils) manual provides the reader with the basic theory of soil engineering and over 19 validated accepted experiments commonly used in engineering practice to evaluate properties of soils. This second edition includes new chapters on the description and identification of soils, and the microwave oven technique of determining soil moisture content. Coverage of consolidated undrained testing is also revised and updated.

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Review

"As a laboratory textbook, it is extremely accurate, detailed; and complex. This text would also be excellent for application in training a technician for an industry laboratory or geo-testing company." ― Timothy W. Zeigler, Southern Polytechnic State University

"Overall, the manual does an excellent job in presenting the principles of soil mechanics and the laboratory experiments." ― Dr. Mohammad Najafi, PE, Director, Trenchless Research & Development Center; Visiting Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia

From the Back Cover

This geotechnical laboratory manual for civil engineering, civil engineering technology, and construction science students and professionals uses a simple, direct style to explain each test procedure. It offers guidelines on collecting and evaluating data, as well as presenting the results properly: Typical values are given for many of the tests to help students decide if their results are reasonable.

Some of the key features include:

• Updated to conform to the very latest information from ASTM.
• Definitions and objectives of tests are fully explained.
• Step-by-step numerical calculations.
• Engineering uses of the tests to show how the results are used in practical engineering applications.
• A unique chapter presents a visual-manual procedure for describing and identifying soils.
• Coverage of the consolidated undrained (CU) triaxial test.
• Photographs of various types of soil testing equipment.
• Software included that allows the user to more easily analyze collected data.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0138223793
• ISBN 13: 9780138223793
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 315