Special Procedures for Testing Soil and Rock for Engineering Purposes: Fifth Edition

STP Published: 1970

STP479-EB

Special Procedures for Testing Soil and Rock for Engineering Purposes: Fifth Edition

Here in one compacted volume are contained 64 suggested methods and numerous references to standard methods for testing soil and rock. Provides a comprehensive picture for current practice. Supersedes the 1964 compilation of procedures for soil testing.

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Introduction to Soil and Rock Testing

Suggested Recommended Practice for Conduct of Soil and Foundations Engineering Investigations

WG Holtz

Suggested Method for Subsurface Testing by Electrical Resistivity Measurements

TW Van Zelst

Suggested Method for Aerial Photo Interpretation for Engineering Reconnaissance

AG Franklin

Suggested Method for Geologic Reconnaissance of Construction Sites

AI Johnson

General Guide for Use of Borehole Cameras—A Guide

R Lundgren, FC Sturges, LS Cluff

Suggested Method for Dynamic-Cone Soil Penetration Test

Suggested Method for Measuring Water Level in Boreholes

EJ Zegarra

Suggested Method for Penetration Test in Gravelly Soils

WC Hill

Suggested Method for Soil Investigation and Sampling by Hollow-Stem Auger Borings

HE Davis

Suggested Method for Deep Static-Cone Penetration Test

JH Schmertmann

Suggested Method for Subsurface Exploration Recording

EJ Zegarra

Suggested Method for Screw-Plate Load Test

JH Schmertmann

Suggested Mechanical Method for Breaking up Soil Aggregations

CM Johnston, JR Blystone

Suggested Method for Grain Size Analysis of Soil by Elutriation

WH Mills

Suggested Method of Test for Amount of Material Finer Than the No. 200 Sieve in Aggregates and Soils

HH Brown, WG O'Harea

Suggested Methods of Test for Securing the Liquid Limit of Soils Using One-Point Data

FR Olmstead

Suggested Method of Test for Cohesiveness of Nonplastic Granular Soils

CK Preus

Suggested Method of Preparing Specimens of Granular Cohesive Mixtures for Physical Tests

WS Housel

Suggested Method of Test for Moisture-Density Relations of Soils Using Harvard Compaction Apparatus

SD Wilson

Suggested Method of Test for the Moisture-Density Relations of Soils (California Method)

FN Hveem

Suggested Method of Test for Moisture-Density Relations of Gravelly Soils

AA Wagner

Suggested Method for Correcting Maximum Density and Optimum Moisture Content of Compacted Soils for Oversize Particles

NW McLeod

Suggested Methods of Test for Maximum and Minimum Densities of Granular Soils

DM Burmister

Suggested Method of Test for Maximum Density of Granular Materials by the Cone Test

WS Housel

Suggested Method of Test for Maximum Density of Noncohesive Soils and Aggregates

JT Pauls, JF Goode

Suggested Method of Test for Minimum Density of Noncohesive Soils and Aggregates

EG Yemington

A Direct Method for Plotting Grain Size Curves from Hydrometer Test Data

RC Dick

Interim Method of Correction for Coarse Particles in the Soil Compaction Test AASHO Designation: T 224-67 I

Suggested Method of Test for Aggregate Degradation

WC Hill

Suggested Method of Test for Coefficient of Permeability of Soils with Values Less than 1 ft per Day

CL Sawyer

Suggested Method of Test for Coefficient of Permeability of Soils with Values Greater than 1 ft per Day

ES Barber, EG Yemington

Suggested Method of Test for Permeability of Undisturbed Soil or Rock Specimens

WG Holtz

Suggested Method of Test for Permeability of Porous Granular Materials by the Falling-Head Permeameter

H Gray

Suggested Method of Test for Constant-Head Permeability of Granular and Semigranular Soils

Suggested Method of Test for Permeability and Settlement of Disturbed Soils

CW Jones

Suggested Method of Test for Permeability and Capillarity of Soils and Soil Mixtures

WS Housel

Suggested Method of Test for Capillary-Moisture Relationships for Soils by Pressure-Membrane Apparatus (Moisture Tensions between 1 and 15 atm)

AI Johnson

Suggested Method of Test for Infiltration Rate in Field Using Double-Ring Infiltrometers

AI Johnson

Suggested Method for Capillary Wetting of Soils Specimens (Compacted and Undisturbed)

JE Hunt

Suggested Method of Test for One-Dimensional Expansion and Uplift Pressure of Clay Soils

WG Holtz

Suggested Method for Obtaining Saturated Samples of Cohesive Soil for Strength Tests

LE Gregg

Suggested Method of Test for Triaxial Compressive Strength of Soils

H Allen, CL Sawyer

Suggested Method of Test for Triaxial Compression of Soils

RD Finney

Suggested Method of Test for Internal Friction and Cohesion Values of Soils and Soil Mixtures by Triaxial Loading

WG Holtz, OA Noell

Suggested Method of Test for the Internal Stability of Granular Soils and Stabilized Mixtures (Stabilometer Test)

WS Housel

Proposed Method of Test for Consolidated Drained Direct Shear Test of Soils

Suggested Method of Test for Ultimate Shearing Resistance of Cohesive Clay Soils

WS Housel

Suggested Method of Test for Ultimate Shearing Resistance of Granular Soils and Stabilized Mixtures

WS Housel

Suggested Methods of Test for Hydrogen Ion Concentration (pH) of Soils

WS Housel

Suggested Method of Test for Thermal Resistivity of Soil by the Thermal Probe

HF Winterkorn

Suggested Method of Test for Organic Carbon Content of Soil by Wet Combustion

NO Schmidt

Suggested Method for Estimating Specific Surface

Suggested Method of Test for Organic Matter Content of Soils by Redox Titration

WL Rankin

Suggested Method of Test for Soluble Salts in Soil

RT Martin

Suggested Method for Applications of X-Ray Diffraction of Clay Structural Analysis to the Understanding of the Engineering Behavior of Soils

CA Moore

Suggested Techniques for Measuring the Fabric of Engineering Soils

CA Moore

Suggested Methods of Test for Identification of Soils

DM Burmister

Interim Recommended Practice for the Classification of Soils and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures for Highway Construction Purposes AASHO Designation: M 145-66 I

Suggested Procedure for Pedological Classification of Soils

Identifying Soils by a Triangle Based on Unified Soil Classification System

J McMinn

Guide to a Field Description of Muskeg

IC MacFarlane

A Review of Engineering Soil Classification Systems

TK LIU

Suggested Method of Test for Volume Change of Soils

WF Abercrombie

Suggested Methods of Test for Density of Soil in Place Using the Washington Densometer

HW Humphres

Suggested Method of Preparing Samples of Stabilization Materials and Stabilized Mixes by Washing

RD Finney

Suggested Method of Test for Volume Change and Absorption in Stabilized Mixtures

WS Housel

Suggested Methods of Test for Water Absorption, Volume Change, and Stability of Mixtures of Tar and Soil

BA Anderton

Suggested Methods of Field Procedure for the Design of Cutback Asphalt-Soil Mixtures

A Holmes, EW Klinger

Suggested Method for Determining Suitable Proportions of Soil-Asphalt or Soil-Aggregate-Asphalt

OW Hovis

Suggested Method of Test for Stability of Mixtures of Soils and Liquid Asphaltic Products

RR Thurston

Suggested Method of Test for Quantity of Cutback Asphalt for Stabilizing Sandy Soils

LW Heriot

Suggested Method of Test for Bearing Value of Sand-Asphaltic Mixtures

CL McKesson

Suggested Method of Evaluating Tar-Soil Mixtures

EO Rhodes

Suggested Method for Mixture Design Procedure for Lime-Treated Soils

MR Thompson

Suggested Method of Test for Cement Content of Freshly Mixed Soil-Cement Mixtures

Suggested Method of Test for Bearing Power of Soil by Means of A Cone Machine

K Boyd

Suggested Methods for Rapid Determination of Approximate Moisture Content of Soils for Field Control of Embankment Construction

PC Smith

Suggested Methods of Test for Complex Moduli of Soils and Asphaltic Concretes in Compression

BS Coffman

Suggested Method of Test for Density of Soil and Soil-Aggregate in Place by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)

Suggested Method of Test for Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate in Place by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)

CH Shepard

Suggested Method of Test for Density of Soil in Place by the Drive-Cylinder Method

JW Guinnee, LM Womack

Suggested Method of Test for Rapid Compaction Control

JW Hilf

Suggested Methods of Test for Shear Modulus and Damping of Soils by the Resonant Column

BO Hardin

Suggested Method of Test for Some Viscoelastic Properties of Materials, Especially Frozen and Nonfrozen Soils, Under Vibratory Loads.

HW Stevens

Suggested Method of Test for Soil Shear Moduli by Vibratory Techniques

GF Weissman

Some Notes on Vibratory Test Techniques for Determination of Properties of Soils In Situ

RK Bernhard

Suggested Method of Test for Bearing Ratio of Soils in Place

Suggested Methods of Test for Load-Deflection Characteristics of Pavement Systems by Means of the Benkelman Beam

Suggested Method of Test for Load Capacity of Batter Pile Frames

Suggested Method of Test for Load-Deflection Relationship for Individual Piles Using a Constant Rate of Penetration

Suggested Method of Test for Load-Deflection Relationship of Pile Groups

Suggested Method of Test for Load-Deflection Relationship for Individual Piles Under Axial Tensile Load

Suggested Method of Test for Load-Deflection Relationship for Individual Piles Under Lateral Load

Suggested Method of Test for Load-Deflection Relationship for a Batter Pile Frame Under Lateral Load

Suggested Method of Test for Triaxial Compressive Strength of Undrained Rock Core Specimens with Induced Pore Pressure Measurements

WJ Heck

Suggested Method of Test for Direct Shear Strength of Rock Core Specimens

JD Kenty

Suggested Method of Test for In Situ Shear Strength of Rock

RK Dodds

Suggested Symbols for Soil Mechanics Terms

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Developed by Committee: D18

Pages: 634

DOI: 10.1520/STP479-EB

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5570-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0051-0