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Soil Properties and their Correlations.
An essential guide to improving preliminary geotechnical analysis and design from limited data, 'Soil Properties and their Correlations' provides a summary of commonly-used soil engineering properties and gives a wide range of correlations between the various properties, presented in the c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
Wiley,
2016.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Symbols; List of Property Values and Correlations in the Tables and Figures; Chapter 1 Commonly Measured Properties; 1.1 Moisture Content; 1.1.1 Test Methods; 1.2 Grading; 1.2.1 Test Methods; 1.3 Plasticity; 1.3.1 Test Methods; 1.4 Specific Gravity of Soil Particles; 1.4.1 Test Method; 1.5 Soil Density; 1.5.1 Test Methods; 1.6 Permeability; 1.6.1 Test Methods; 1.7 Consolidation; 1.7.1 Test Method; 1.8 Shear Strength; 1.8.1 Test Methods; 1.8.2 Choice of Shear Strength Test; 1.9 Standard Compaction Test.
- 1.9.1 Test Method 1.10 California Bearing Ratio; 1.10.1 Test Method; 1.11 Other Properties; 1.11.1 Swelling Potential; 1.11.2 Frost Susceptibility; 1.11.3 Combustible Content; References; Chapter 2 Grading and Plasticity; 2.1 Grading; 2.1.1 The Influence of Grading on Soil Properties; 2.1.2 Standard Grading Divisions; 2.2 Plasticity; 2.2.1 Consistency Limits; 2.2.2 Development of the Liquid and Plastic Limit Tests; 2.2.3 Plasticity Test Results and Plasticity Descriptions; 2.2.4 The Shrinkage Limit Test; 2.2.5 Consistency Limits as Indicators of Soil Behaviour.
- 2.2.6 Limitations of the Use of Plasticity LimitsReferences; Chapter 3 Density; 3.1 Density in the Context of Soils; 3.1.1 Density Relationships; 3.1.2 Typical Natural Density Values; 3.2 Compacted Density; 3.2.1 Typical Compacted Density Values; 3.2.2 Quick Estimates of Maximum Dry Density and Optimum Moisture Content; 3.3 Relative Density; 3.3.1 Field Measurement of Relative Density; 3.3.2 SPT Correction Factors; 3.3.3 Other Dynamic Cone Tests; 3.3.4 Static Cone Tests; References; Chapter 4 Permeability; 4.1 Effects of Soil Macro-Structure; 4.2 Typical Values; 4.3 Permeability and Grading.
- 5.5.1 Coefficient of Volume Compressibility5.5.2 Coefficient of Consolidation; References; Chapter 6 Shear Strength; 6.1 Stresses Within a Material; 6.1.1 The Mohr Diagram; 6.1.2 Relationships of Stresses at a Point; 6.2 Shear Strength in Soils; 6.3 The Choice of Total or Effective Stress Analysis; 6.3.1 The Choice in Practice; 6.4 Peak, Residual and Constant-Volume Shear Strength; 6.5 Undrained Shear Strength of Clays; 6.5.1 Consistency and Remoulded Shear Strength; 6.5.2 Consistency and Undisturbed Shear Strength; 6.5.3 Estimates Using the Standard Penetration Test.