Manual of soil laboratory testing. Volume 3, Effective stress tests / K. H. Head, R. J. Epps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Head, K. H., author.

Epps, R. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soils--Testing--Laboratory manuals.

Soils.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Caithness, Scotland : Whittles Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The long-awaited concluding part of the classic soil testing handbook which is the vital and definitive guide for anyone involved in soil testing.

Contents:

""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 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 10, 2014).

ISBN:

9781680159851

1680159852

9781849951180

1849951187

OCLC:

923517430