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Sahadat Hossain, Arlington, Texas

Azijul Islam, Arlington, Texas

Faria Fahim Badhon, Arlington, Texas

Copyright Year: 2021

ISBN 13: 9781648169717

Publisher: Mavs Open Press

Language: English

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CC BY-NC

Table of Contents

  • About the Publisher
  • Accessibility Statement
  • About This Project
  • Acknowledgements
  • I. Main Body
    • 1. Determinaition of Moisture Content
    • 2. Specific Gravity Test
    • 3. Sieve Analysis
    • 4. Hydrometer Analysis
    • 5. Atterberg Limit Test
    • 6. Compaction Test
    • 7. In-Situ Density
    • 8. Permeability Test
    • 9. Direct Shear Test
    • 10. Triaxial Test
    • 11. Unconfined Compressive Strength Test
    • 12. Consolidation Test
  • Bibliography 
  • Links by Chapter
  • Accessibility Rubric
  • Errata and Versioning History

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About the Book

This project aims to provide a complete guide for the CE/AREN 3143 course (Properties and Behavior of Soil). Students will be benefitted from this online lab manual.

About the Contributors

Authors

Dr. Sahadat Hossain, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Civil Engineering Department and Director of Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Hossain has more than 25 (twenty-five) years of professional and research experience in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Dr. Hossain’s research experience includes slope stability analysis, innovative slope stabilization techniques, assessment of geo-hazard potential, and recycled aggregate materials for base and sub-base applications, pavement crack mitigation, and sustainable waste management.

Mr. Md Azijul Islam is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mr. Azijul has more than 5 (five) years of professional, teaching and research experience in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. His research interests include ground improvement, foundation engineering, pavement materials, slope stability analysis and landslide prevention, and disaster management.

Faria Fahim Badhon is a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has more than 5 (five) years of professional experience in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. She has extensive research experience on bioengineering of slope stabilization techniques. As a Ph.D. student, Ms. Faria is now working on improving the bearing capacity of weak foundation soil using recycled plastic pins.

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