In situ testing in geomechanics : the main tests /: the main tests. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: In-situ testing in geo-mechanics
• Further Information: Note: Fernando Schnaid.
• Other Names: Schnaid, Fernando
• Contents: Foreword; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of symbols ; Introduction; General considerations; Codes of practice; Interpretation methods; Scope and purposes; Standard penetration test (SPT); General considerations; Standards and procedures; Wave propagation analysis; Measurements and corrections; Characterization and classification; Soil properties in granular materials; Soil properties in cohesive materials; Soil properties in bonded soils; Soil properties in weak rock; Direct design methods; Soil liquefaction; Concluding remarks; Notes; Piezocone penetration test (CPTU); Equipment and procedures; New developments; Specifications and standards; Test results; Soil classification; Interpretation methods; Soil properties in cohesive materials; Granular soils; Properties in silty soils; Properties in bonded geomaterials; Pile bearing capacity; Liquefaction; Notes; Vane test; General considerations; Equipment and procedures; Interpretation; Shear strength; Stress history; Notes; Pressuremeter tests; General considerations; Types of instruments; Calibration procedures; Experimental results; Analysis of pressuremeter tests; Pressuremeter tests in sand; Cone pressuremeter tests in clay and sand; Pressuremeter tests in cohesive-frictional soils; Pressuremeter tests in unsaturated soil conditions; Design rules; Flat dilatometer test (DMT); General considerations; Equipment and procedures; Intermediate DMT parameters; Interpretation of test results; Soil characterization; Geotechnical parameters in clay; Geotechnical parameters in sand; Direct applications; Design parameters: guidelines; Clay; Sand 282; Residual soils; Stiffness; References and further reading ; Index ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages), (45 illustrations)
• Subjects: 624.151; Soils -- Testing; Engineering geology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482266054; 1482266059
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.