Triaxial Testing of Soils

Triaxial Testing of Soils explains how to carry out triaxial tests to demonstrate the effects of soil behaviour on engineering designs. An authoritative and comprehensive manual, it reflects current best practice and instrumentation.References are made throughout to easily accessible articles in the literature and the book's focus is on how to obtain high quality experimental results.

Keywords: Test stages; consolidation and shearing; test types; consolidated-undrained; drained; unconsolidated-undrained; simulated field conditions; partly saturated specimens; types of stresses and strains; diagrams of stress-strain behavior; strength diagrams; stress paths; depiction of stress invariants; p-q diagrams; (-= diagrams; Triaxial specimen setup; cap and base; membrane; electrical devices and operation principles; performance characteristics; linear deformations; volume change devices; instrument calibration; data acquisition;Trimming of intact specimens; clay slurry consolidation; air pluviation of sand; depositional techniques for silty sand; undercompaction; compaction of clayey soils;Reasons for saturation; B-value test; degree of saturation;Consolidation objective; SHANSEP; coefficient of consolidation; Deformation rate selection; Corrections to measurements of vertical load; deformation; cell and pore pressures; K0-tests; hydraulic conductivity; bender element tests; stress-strain behavior of sand and clay; strength characteristics; failure criteria; torsion shear tests; effects of stress rotation, Civil Engineering & Construction Special Topics, Civil Engineering & Construction Special Topics