Laboratory Tests for Unsaturated Soils

1. Introduction. 2. Basic Definitions, Test Environment and General Apparatuses. 3. Chapter 3 Sampling, Storage and Sample Preparation. 4. Grain Size Distribution, and Specific Gravity. 5. Atterberg Limits and Shrinkage Test. 6. Compaction. 7. Suction Measurement. 8. Matric Suction Measurement - Direct Methods. 9. Indirect Suction Measurement Methods. 10. Soil-Water Characteristic Curve. 11. Permeability: Steady-State Methods. 12. Permeability: Transient- State Methods. 13. Oedometer test. 14. Constant rate of strain test. 15. Triaxial Test (Volume Change). 16. Direct Shear Test. 17. Triaxial Test (Shear Strength). 18. Ring Shear Test. 19. Tension Test. 20. Wave Velocities. 21. Thermal Conductivity. Appendix A. Gossary of Terms. Appendix B. Formulas and Conversion Factors.

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