Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Volume Three: Effective Stress Tests

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This is the third volume of three that provides a comprehensive working manual for the laboratory testing of soils for civil engineering purposes.It covers soil testing in terms of effective stress, for which the measurement of pore water pressure is the essential feature.It is a key practical guide for those engaged in laboratory testing of soils as well as to professional engineers, consultants, academics and students in geotechnical engineering.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-24
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:941 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Porto Press Ltd
ISBN:9781849950541

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Recensioner i media

'...provides a very useful introduction for geoscientists to the concept of effective stress and the theory of triaxial testing. The descriptions are clear, the chapters are very well organized, and the illustrations are superb. This splendid manual belongs in every university library patronized by geoscientists and engineers.' Environmental & Engineering Geoscience

Innehållsförteckning

Effective stress testing principles, theory and applications; Stress paths in triaxial testing; Test equipment; Calibrations, corrections and general practice; Routine effective stress triaxial tests; Further triaxial shear strength tests; Triaxial consolidation and permeability tests; Hydraulic cell consolidation and permeability tests; Appendix: Units, nomenclature and laboratory equipment; Uncertainty of measurement; Index