JR0471

N. Sivakugan, A. Arulrajah, and M.W. Bo

Testing rocks and aggregates are rarely covered in soil testing

books and there are no separate books on rock or aggregate testing.

Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks and Aggregates includes laboratory

testing methods for most tests for soils as well as rocks and aggregates,

which are becoming increasingly common in professional practice

and university teaching. Part A gives a general overview of laboratory

measurements, equipment, units, safety and standards. Part B covers

soil tests from grain size distribution to consolidation, triaxial and

direct shear tests. Part C covers rock tests, which include the indirect

tensile strength test and point load test. Part D covers the common

tests carried out routinely on aggregates, which includes the aggregate

impact value test and Los Angeles abrasion test. Each test consists of

the following descriptive parts: Objective, Standards, Introduction,

Procedure, and Cost. References are made to ASTM International,

Australian, British and International Society of Rock Mechanics stan-

dards and any differences are noted.

Key Features

•Containsvirtuallyallcurrentlaboratorytestsforsoils,rocksandaggregatesinonevolume

•Presentsthetestswiththemostconciseandreader-friendlyexplanationpossible,butinadequatedetailforboth

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•Includesreferencestointernationalstandards:ASTM,ISRM,BS,andAS

•Theauthorsarepracticingconsultingengineersaswellasuniversityprofessors

• offers downloadable spreadsheets that can be used to develop laboratory specific datasheets and easily

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Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks and

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About the Lead AuthorDr. Nagaratnam Sivakugan is an associate professor and the head of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. As a chartered professional engineer and registered profes-sional engineer of Queensland, he does substantial consulting work, including extensive laboratory and in situ tests for geotechnical and mining companies. He is also a co-author of Geotechnical Engineering: A Practical Problem Solving Approach, a popular text-book adopted by many universities worldwide.

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LABORATORY TESTING OF SOILS, ROCKS AND AGGREGATES Table of Contents

A once-in-a-generation reference…

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING HANDBOOK

Edited by Braja M. Das

The Geotechnical Engineering Handbook brings together essential information related to the evaluation of engineering properties of soils; design of foundations such as spread footings, mat foundations, piles, and drilled shafts; and fundamental principles of analyz-ing the stability of slopes and embankments, retaining walls, and other earth-retaining structures. It covers soil dynamics and foundation vibration to analyze the behavior of foundations subjected to cyclic verti-cal, sliding and rocking excitations. This definitive reference also details environmental geotechnology, foundations for railroad beds, and contains numer-ous charts, drawings, illustrations and worked-out problems.

Catalog no. J837 ISBN 13: 978-1-932159-83-7, 2010

800 pages, 7 x 10 Special Direct Price $109.95

Part A: IntroductionPart B: Soil TestingB1 Visual Identification and Classification of Coarse

Grained Soils B2 Visual Identification and Classification of Fine

Grained SoilsB3 Water ContentB4 Specific Gravity of Soil GrainsB5 Sieve AnalysisB6 Hydrometer AnalysisB7 pHB8 Organic ContentB9 Liquid Limit—Casagrande’s Percussion Cup

MethodB10 Liquid Limit—Fall Cone MethodB11 Plastic LimitB12 Linear ShrinkageB13 Compaction TestB14 Maximum and Minimum Densities of a

Granular Soil Field Density TestB16 Hydraulic Conductivity of a Coarse Grained SoilB17 Hydraulic Conductivity of a Fine Grained SoilB18 One-dimensional Consolidation by Incremental

LoadingB19 Direct Shear Test

B20 Consolidated Undrained Triaxial TestB21 Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial TestB22 Unconfined Compression Test

Part C: Rock TestingC1 Water Content C2 Density and PorosityC3 Uniaxial Compressive StrengthC4 Point Load TestC5 Indirect (Brazilian) Tensile StrengthC6 Schmidt Hammer Rebound HardnessC7 Slake Durability TestC8 Triaxial Test on a Rock SpecimenC9 Direct Tensile Strength

Part D: Aggregate TestingD1 Water Absorption of AggregatesD2 Flakiness IndexD3 Fines ContentD4 Aggregate Impact Value (AIV) D5 California Bearing Ratio (CBR) D6 Large Direct Shear Box TestD7 Los Angeles Abrasion Loss

Part E: References

Index

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