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LABORATORY SOILS TESTING
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CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY SOILS TESTING EQUIPMENT
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1. LABORATORY SOILS TESTING (407 pp)
2. CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY SOILS TESTING EQUIPMENT (45 pp)
LABORATORY SOILS TESTING
This manual presents recommended testing procedures for making determinations of the soil
properties to be used in the design of civil works projects. It is not intended to be a text book on soils
testing or to supplant the judgment of design engineers in specifying procedures to satisfy the
requirements of a particular project.
q PURPOSE
q APPLICABILITY
q NOTATIONS
q REFERENCES
q TESTING PROCEDURES
q RELIABILITY OF TESTING APPARATUS AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PERSONNEL
q LABORATORY FACILITIES
q SAMPLE HANDLING AND STORAGE
q SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
q DATA SHEETS AND REPORT FORMS
q APPENDIX I: WATER CONTENT - GENERAL
o DEFINITION
o APPARATUS
o SPECIMEN
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX II: UNIT WEIGHTS, VOID RATIO, POROSITY, AND DEGREE OF SATURATION
o RELATIONS
o DEFINITIONS
o VOLUMETRIC METHOD
o DISPLACEMENT METHOD
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX III: LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMITS
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS
o CALIBRATION OF APPARATUS
o PREPARATION OF MATERIAL
o LIQUID LIMIT
o PLASTIC LIMIT
o PLASTICITY INDEX
o REPORT
o PREPARING CLAY SHALE MATERIAL FOR TESTING
q APPENDIX IIIA: ONE-POINT LIQUID LIMIT TEST
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS AND PREPARATION OF SAMPLE
o PROCEDURE
o CALCULATIONS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX IIIB: SHRINKAGE LIMIT TEST
o DEFINITION
o APPARATUS
o PREPARATION OF MATERIAL
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
o HANDLING OF MERCURY
q APPENDIX IV: SPECIFIC GRAVITY
o TYPES OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY
o SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOLIDS
o APPARENT AND BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX V: GRAIN-SIZE ANALYSIS
o DEFINITION
o SIEVE ANALYSIS
o HYDROMETER ANALYSIS
o COMBINED ANALYSIS
o PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING CLAY
o SHALE MATERIAL
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX VI: COMPACTION TESTS
o INTRODUCTION
o STANDARD COMPACTION TEST
o MODIFIED COMPACTION TEST
o 15-BLOW COMPACTION TEST
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX VIA: COMPACTION TEST FOR EARTH-ROCK MIXTURES
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS
o QUANTITY OF SAMPLE
o PROCESSING OF SAMPLE
o SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
o PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMEN
o COMPACTIONPROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX VII: PERMEABILITY TESTS
o DARCY'S LAW FOR FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SOIL
o TYPES OF TESTS AND EQUIPMENT
o CONSTANT-HEAD PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PERMEAMETER CYLINDER
o FALLING-HEAD PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PERMEAMETER CYLINDER
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH SAMPLING TUBES
o PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PRESSURE C H A M B E R
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH BACK PRESSURE
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH CONSOLIDOMETER
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX VIII: CONSOLIDATION TEST
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS
o CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT
o PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX VIIIA: SWELL AND SWELL PRESSURE TESTS
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS, CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT, AND PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX IX: DRAINED (S) DIRECT SHEAR TEST
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS
o PREPARATION OF SPECIMEN
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR DRAINED (S) DIRECT SHEAR
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX IXA: DRAINED (S) REPEATED DIRECT SHEAR TEST
o INTRODUCTION
o APPARATUS
o SPECIMEN PREPARATION
o PROCEDURE
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX X: TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS
o PRINCIPLES OF THE TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST
o TYPES OF TESTS
o APPARATUS
o PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS
o Q TEST
o Q TEST WITH BACK-PRESSURE SATURATION
o R TEST
o S TEST
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX XA: CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS
o PRINCIPLES OF CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTING
o SPECIMENS
o APPARATUS
o TESTING PROCEDURES
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
o CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT AND TESTING PROCEDURES
o POSSIBLE ERRORS
q APPENDIX XB: DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL VOID RATIO
o DEFINITION OF CRITICAL VOID RATIO
o PRINCIPLES OF MONOTONIC TRIAXIAL TESTING
o APPARATUS
o TESTING PROCEDURES
o COMPUTATIONS
o PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
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