Laboratory manual for geotechnical characterization of fine grained soils

By Alan J. Lutenegger

Laboratory manual for geotechnical characterization of fine grained soils presents procedures for performing advanced laboratory tests on fine-grained soils.

Laboratory manual for geotechnical characterization of fine grained soils covers characterization tests.

These determine soil composition and quantify the individual components of a soil, and behavioral tests, such as the Atterberg Limits tests that demonstrate how the fines fraction of a soil reacts when mixed with water and the Linear Shrinkage Test that demonstrates how much a soil shrinks.

The material goes beyond traditional evaluation of basic soil behavior by presenting more advanced laboratory tests to characterize soil in more detail.

These tests provide detailed compositional characteristics which identify subtle changes in conditions and vertical variations in the soil, and which help to explain unusual behavior.

A unique compilation of information on key soil tests

Combines characterization tests with behavior tests

Laboratory manual for geotechnical characterization of fine grained soils suits graduate students in geotechnical engineering, as well as practitioners and researchers.

There may be good reasons to go beyond this basic approach and use more advanced laboratory tests to provide determination of more detailed Compositional Characteristics.

Advanced laboratory characterization may provide information that helps explain unusual behavior observed in other tests that are often not easily explained.