In-situ testing for geotechnical investigations
Subtitle: proceedings of an extension course on in-situ testing for geotechnical investigations, Sydney, May-June 1983
By: edited by M.C. Ervin.
Contributors: Ervin, M. C.; Australian Geomechanics Society. Sydney Group.
Publisher: Balkema; Distributed in USA & Canada by MBS
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Rotterdam; Salem, NH, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Soils -- Testing.; Engineering geology.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Course organized by the Sydney Group of the Australian Geomechanics Society.
Table of contents: title: Why in-situ testing? / I.W. Johnston; title: The standard penetration test / D.J. Douglas; title: Quasi-static penetration testing / G. Sutcliffe & C. Waterton; title: The pressuremeter in geotechnical investigations / M.C. Ervin; title: Vane shear strength testing / B.F. Walker; title: Plate loading tests on soil and rock / P.J.N. Pells; title: Recent developments in the application of geophysics to geotechnical investigation / Robert J. Whiteley; title: Insitu permeablilty testing in soil and rock / Peter J. Burgess; title: Instrumentation in soil / L.K. Walker.