Pile Buck Guide to Soil Mechanics and Testing
A practitioner’s reference on soil mechanics and soil testing
A comprehensive reference on both soil mechanics and soil testing, edited by Don C. Warrington, P.E. It includes the most common laboratory procedures in full, with the laboratory data and reporting forms in the back of the book.
What’s inside
- Introduction
- Identification and Classification of Soil and Rock
- Laboratory Tests and Index Properties of Soils
- Field Exploration, Testing, and Instrumentation
- Distribution of Stresses
- Seepage and Drainage
- Analysis of Settlement and Volume Expansion
- Slope Stability and Protection
- Compaction, Earthwork, and Hydraulic Fills
- Soil Dynamics
- Sources and Bibliography
From the preface
This book is designed to be a comprehensive reference book on both soil mechanics and soil testing. It is primarily intended for the active practitioner in the field, although it is certainly a useful reference for the student.
We have included in their entirety the most common laboratory procedures for soils testing. Understanding these is essential to understanding the nature of soils, but including laboratory procedures in soil mechanics textbooks is rare.