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Manual of soil laboratory testing. Volume 3, Effective stress tests /

This 3rd volume completes the long-established key handbook for the laboratory testing of soils. The text covers soil testing in terms of effective stress, for which the measurement of pore water pressure is the essential feature. The principle and theory of effective stress are explained, practical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Head, K. H. (Autor), Epps, R. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Caithness, Scotland : Whittles Publishing, 2014.
Edición:Third edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page
  • Table of content
  • Summary of test procedures
  • 15 Effective stress testing principles: theory and applications
  • 16 Stress paths in triaxial testing
  • 17 Test equipment
  • 18 Calibrations, corrections and general practice
  • 19 Routine effective stress triaxial tests
  • 20 Further triaxial shear strength tests
  • 21 Triaxial consolidation and permeability tests
  • 22 Hydraulic cell consolidation and permeability tests
  • Appendix C Units, symbols and reference data
  • Appendix D Estimation of uncertainty of measurement
  • Index