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Author Li, Yanrong

Title Handbook of Geotechnical Testing
Published Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (502 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Biography; Preface; Part I Theory of geotechnical testing; 1 Characteristics of soils; 1.1 Basic properties and engineering classification; 1.1.1 Physical indices; 1.1.2 Particle size distribution; 1.1.3 Relative density of cohesionless soils; 1.1.4 Consistency of cohesive soils; 1.1.5 Thixotropy of soils; 1.1.6 Soil compaction; 1.1.7 Swelling and shrinkage of cohesive soils; 1.1.8 Loess collapsibility; 1.1.9 California Bearing Ratio; 1.1.10 Soil permeability; 1.1.11 Engineering classification of soils
1.2 Stress in soil1.2.1 Three-dimensional stress state; 1.2.2 Two-dimensional stress state; 1.2.3 Stress in soil; 1.3 Compressibility and consolidation; 1.3.1 Compressibility; 1.3.2 Consolidation; 1.4 Strength of soils; 1.4.1 Coulomb's theory; 1.4.2 Mohr-Coulomb criterion; 1.4.3 Determination of soil shear strength; 1.4.4 Effective factors on soil shear strength; 1.4.5 Residual shear strength; 2 Characteristics of rocks; 2.1 Physical properties; 2.1.1 Porosity; 2.1.2 Density; 2.1.3 Hydraulic properties; 2.1.4 Rock description; 2.2 Deformability of rocks; 2.2.1 Stress-strain relationship
2.2.2 Application of stress-strain curves2.2.3 Rock deformability; 2.3 Rock strengths; 2.3.1 Uniaxial compressive strength; 2.3.2 Point load strength; 2.3.3 Tensile strength; 2.3.4 Shear strength; 2.4 Theory of rock strength; 2.4.1 Mohr criterion; 2.4.2 Griffith theory; 3 Characteristics of rock mass; 3.1 Discontinuities in rock mass; 3.2 Description of rock mass; 3.2.1 Structure of rock mass; 3.2.2 Characteristics of structural plane; 3.3 Engineering classification of rock mass; 3.3.1 RMR system; 3.3.2 Q system; 3.4 Strength theory of rock mass; 3.4.1 JRC-JCS model
3.4.2 Hoek-Brown criterionPart 2 Test methods for soils and rocks; 4 International standard systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 International standards; 4.2.1 China's standards; 4.2.2 ASTM standards; 4.2.3 BSI standards; 4.2.4 ISRM suggested methods; 4.2.5 Hong Kong's standards; 4.2.6 Australia's standards; 4.2.7 Japan's standards; 4.2.8 South Africa's standards; 4.2.9 Singapore's standards; 5 Test preparation; 5.1 Application scopes and parameters to be measured; 5.2 Apparatus and reagent; 5.2.1 Soil tests; 5.2.2 Rock tests; 6 Procedures of tests on soils; 6.1 Specimen preparation
6.1.1 Preparation6.1.2 Saturation; 6.2 Tests for physical properties; 6.2.1 Water content; 6.2.2 Density; 6.2.3 Specific gravity of soil solids; 6.2.4 Particle size distribution; 6.2.5 Atterberg limits; 6.2.6 Relative density of cohesionless soils; 6.3 Tests for mechanical properties; 6.3.1 California Bearing Ratio; 6.3.2 Modulus of resilience; 6.3.3 Penetration test; 6.3.4 Consolidation; 6.3.5 Loess collapsibility; 6.3.6 Triaxial compression; 6.3.7 Unconfined compression; 6.3.8 Compaction test; 6.3.9 Direct shear test under consolidated-drained conditions; 6.3.10 Reversal direct shear test
Notes 6.3.11 Tensile strength
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