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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Civil engineering and geomechanics series |
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Civil engineering and geomechanics series.
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| Contents |
Measuring Water Content and Density -- Soil and Rock Sampling Methods -- Measuring the Total Pressuring, the Interstitial Pressure and the Groundwater Table Rating -- Measuring Movement, Settling and Force -- Static Loading Tests -- Tests by Flat Dilatometer (DMT) -- Penetrometer Test (CPT, CPTU, SPT, DCPT) and Variants -- Direct Shear Tests In Situ -- Pressuremeter Tests (PMT, SBP) and Variants -- Water Tests in Soils -- Characterization of Sites and Soils by In Situ Tests |
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Table of Contents; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Symbols and Notations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Measuring Water Content and Density; 1.1. Sample collection method; 1.2. Method without sample collection; Chapter 2: Soil and Rock Sampling Methods; 2.1. Sampling classes and nomenclature; 2.2. Sampling techniques; 2.3. The procedures; 2.4. The drilling section; 2.5. The rock-quality designation (RQD); Chapter 3: Measuring the Total Pressuring, the Interstitial Pressure and the Groundwater Table Rating; 3.1. Measuring the total pressure within the soil |
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3.2. Measuring the interstitial pressure and the level of the water tableChapter 4: Measuring Movement, Settling and Force; 4.1. Measuring movement; 4.2. Measuring the settlement; 4.3. Force transducers; Chapter 5: Static Loading Tests; 5.1. Plate loading test; 5.2. Static pile-loading test; 5.3. In conclusion: pile-loading tests; Chapter 6: Tests by Flat Dilatometer (DMT); 6.1. Principle of the test; 6.2. Modus operandi; 6.3. Interpretation; Chapter 7: Penetrometer Test (CPT, CPTU, SPT, DCPT) and Variants; 7.1. Static penetrometer (or cone penetrometer test, CPT); 7.2. The piezocone (CPTU) |
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7.3. Standard penetration test (SPT)7.4. The dynamic penetrometer (DCPT); Chapter 8: Direct Shear Tests In Situ; 8.1. Direct shear box test; 8.2. The vane test (VST); 8.3. The Philiponnat phicomètre; Chapter 9: Pressuremeter Tests (PMT, SBP) and Variants; 9.1. Menard pressuremeter test (PMT); 9.2. Self-drilling pressuremeter test (SBP); 9.3. The dilatometer; 9.4. The "Géomécamètre"; 9.5. Theoretical interpretation of the pressuremeter test; Chapter 10: Water Tests in Soils; 10.1. Punctual water tests; 10.2. Pumping or transmission tests |
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Chapter 11: Characterization of Sites and Soils by In Situ Tests11.1. Characterization of sites; 11.2. Characterization of soils; Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 10, 2015) |
| Subject |
Soil mechanics -- Testing
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Soil surveys.
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Geotechnical engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
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Soil mechanics -- Testing
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Soil surveys
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Geotechnical engineering
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119145608 |
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1119145600 |
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9781119145592 |
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1119145597 |
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9781119145615 |
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1119145619 |
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