SOIL COEFFICIENTS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS-EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION AND PROBLEMS

THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE FOLLOWING SOIL MECHANICS COEFFICIENTS AND THEMES: MOISTURE CONTENT, SPECIFIC WEIGHT, BULK DENSITY, POROSITY, COMPACTNESS, RELATIVE DENSITY, DEGREE OF SATURATION, PLASTICITY, CONSISTENCY, PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, CAPILLARY RISE, PERMEABILITY, GROUND WATER FLOW AND PROCTOR DENSITY. ONE SECTION DEALS WITH SOIL CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE GROUP INDEX AND THE UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND ALSO ACCORDING TO THE METHOD USED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Springer Publishing

  233 Spring Street
  New York, NY  United States  10013
• Authors:
  • Boelling, H
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 192 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk density; Capillarity; Coefficients; Compactibility; Consistency; Flow; Groundwater; Moisture content; Percent saturation; Permeability; Plasticity; Porosity; Soil mechanics; Soil types; Specific gravity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Particle size distribution
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil classification systems
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Textbook
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM