Braja M. Das is a retired geotechnical engineer and Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento. He is also a former Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is well known for his many publications in geotechnical engineering.

Excellent lab manual that needs to be adopted by everyone for Geotech lab." - Patil (current user)

• Preface1. Laboratory Test and Preparation of Report2. Determination of Water Content3. Specific Gravity of Soil Solids4. Sieve Analysis5. Hydrometer Analysis6. Liquid Limit Test: Percussion Cup Method7. Liquid Limit Test: Fall Cone Method8. Plastic Limit Test9. Shrinkage Limit Determination10. Engineering Classification of Soils11. Standard Proctor Compaction Test12. Determination of Field Unit Weight of Compaction by Sand Cone Method13. Maximum and Minimum Dry Densities of Granular Soil (Sand)14. Constant Head Permeability Test in Sand15. Falling Head Permeability Test in Sand16. Direct Shear Test on Sand17. Unconfined Compression Test18. Consolidation Test19. Unconsolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test on Cohesive Soil20. Consolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test on Cohesive Soil21. Consolidated-Drained Triaxial Test on Cohesive Sands22. Resilient Modulus Test for Cohesive and Granular Soils23. California Bearing Ratio for Laboratory Compacted SoilsReferencesAPPENDICESA. Weight-Volume RelationshipsB. Data Sheets for Laboratory Experiments