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Laboratory soils testing: 2 soil lab manuals cd, 452 pp


CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY SOILS TESTING EQUIPMENT
consisting of 2 manuals – 452 pages of useful self-study material with diagrams and illustrations.
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1. LABORATORY SOILS TESTING (407 pp)
2. CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY SOILS TESTING EQUIPMENT (45 pp)
This manual presents recommended testing procedures for making determinations of the soil
properties to be used in the design of civil works projects. It is not intended to be a text book on soils
testing or to supplant the judgment of design engineers in specifying procedures to satisfy the
requirements of a particular project.
q RELIABILITY OF TESTING APPARATUS AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PERSONNEL
q SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
q DATA SHEETS AND REPORT FORMS
q APPENDIX I: WATER CONTENT - GENERAL
q APPENDIX II: UNIT WEIGHTS, VOID RATIO, POROSITY, AND DEGREE OF SATURATION
q APPENDIX III: LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMITS
o PREPARING CLAY SHALE MATERIAL FOR TESTING
q APPENDIX IIIA: ONE-POINT LIQUID LIMIT TEST
o APPARATUS AND PREPARATION OF SAMPLE
q APPENDIX IIIB: SHRINKAGE LIMIT TEST
q APPENDIX IV: SPECIFIC GRAVITY
o APPARENT AND BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY
q APPENDIX V: GRAIN-SIZE ANALYSIS
o PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING CLAY
q APPENDIX VI: COMPACTION TESTS
q APPENDIX VIA: COMPACTION TEST FOR EARTH-ROCK MIXTURES
o PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMEN
q APPENDIX VII: PERMEABILITY TESTS
o DARCY'S LAW FOR FLOW OF WATER THROUGH SOIL
o TYPES OF TESTS AND EQUIPMENT
o CONSTANT-HEAD PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PERMEAMETER CYLINDER
o FALLING-HEAD PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PERMEAMETER CYLINDER
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH SAMPLING TUBES
o PERMEABILITY TEST WITH PRESSURE C H A M B E R
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH BACK PRESSURE
o PERMEABILITY TESTS WITH CONSOLIDOMETER
q APPENDIX VIII: CONSOLIDATION TEST
q APPENDIX VIIIA: SWELL AND SWELL PRESSURE TESTS
o APPARATUS, CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT, AND PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS
q APPENDIX IX: DRAINED (S) DIRECT SHEAR TEST
o SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR DRAINED (S) DIRECT SHEAR
q APPENDIX IXA: DRAINED (S) REPEATED DIRECT SHEAR TEST
q APPENDIX X: TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS
o PRINCIPLES OF THE TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST
o Q TEST WITH BACK-PRESSURE SATURATION
q APPENDIX XA: CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS
o PRINCIPLES OF CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTING
o CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT AND TESTING PROCEDURES
q APPENDIX XB: DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL VOID RATIO
o DEFINITION OF CRITICAL VOID RATIO
o PRINCIPLES OF MONOTONIC TRIAXIAL TESTING
q APPENDIX XI: UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TEST
o USE OF OTHER TYPES OF EQUIPMENT FOR UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH DETERMINATIONS
q APPENDIX XII: RELATIVE DENSITY
q APPENDIX XIIA: MODIFIED PROVIDENCE VIBRATED DENSITY TEST
q APPENDIX XIII: PINHOLE EROSION TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF DISPERSIVE CLAYS
o CHARACTERISTICS OF DISPERSIVE CLAYS
o IDENTIFICATION OF DISPERSIVE CLAYS
o WES PINHOLE EROSION APPARATUS
o CALIBRATION OF PINHOLE EROSION APPARATUS
o PREPARATION OF COMPACTED SPECIMENS FOR PINHOLE EROSION TESTING
o PREPARATION OF UNDISTURBED SPECIMENS FOR PINHOLE EROSION TESTING
o PINHOLE EROSION TEST PROCEDURE
o PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF PINHOLE EROSION TEST RESULTS
o POSSIBLE ERRORS WITH PINHOLE EROSION TEST
CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY SOILS TESTING EQUIPMENT
This manual presents recommended procedures for the calibration of testing equipment
commonly used in Corps of Engineers soils laboratories. As a supplement to
“Laboratory Soils Testing," it has been prepared as an aid in establishing and maintaining acceptable
accuracy for soils testing equipment.
q Need for Calibration of Equipment
q Volume by Linear Measurement
q Volume by Water-Filling Method
q Burettes, Pipettes, and Standpipes
q Weight and Force Measurements
q Procedure for Calibration of Load Rings, Frames, and Load Cells
q Inspection of Knife Edges in Lever Systems
q Primary Standards for Pressure Measurements
q Precision Laboratory Test Gages
q Procedures for Calibration of Pressure Gages and Transducers
q Liquid-Filled Glass Thermometers
q Bimetallic Strip Thermometers
q Temperature Variation Within Ovens
q Calibration of Mechanical Compaction Rammers
q Adjustment of Mechanical Rammer
q Compression of Consolidation Equipment
q Piston Friction in Triaxial Equipment
q Determination of Extension Modulus of Rubber Membrane
q Calibration of Liquid Limit Device
q Amplitude of Vibration of Vibratory Table
q Recommended Calibration Schedule
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