Soil properties : testing, measurement, and evaluation / Cheng Liu, Jack B. Evett

Table Of Contents: Preface Preface to the First Edition Introduction Soil Exploration Description and Identification of Soils [Visual-Manual Procedure] Determining the Moisture Content of Soil and Rock by Mass (Conventional Over Method) Determining the Moisture content of Soil (Microwave Oven Method) Determining the Specific Gravity of Soil Determining the Liquid Limit of Soil Determining the Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soil Determining the Shrinkage Limit of Soil Grain-Size Analysis of Soil (Including Both Mechanical and Hydrometer Analyses) Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes Determining Moisture-Unit Weight Relations of Soil (Compaction Test) Field Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil by the Calcium Carbide Gas Pressure Tester Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Rubber-Ballon Method Determining the Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth) Percolation Test Permeability Test for Granular Soils (Constant-Head Method) Permeability Test for Fine-Grained and Granular Soils (Falling-Head Method) Consolidation Test Determining the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil Triaxial Compression Test Direct Shear Test California Bearing Ratio Test Graph Papers